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Even with confounding and causal inference techniques, I will never be convinced by studies that aren't double-blind RCTs or studies that show a direct causal r
by 4death4 3y ago
Even with confounding and causal inference techniques, I will never be convinced by studies that aren't double-blind RCTs or studies that show a direct causal relationship.
The reason is that the set of human behavior is so fast and unfathomably complicated. Any two aspects of life are surely correlated by many factors that are influenced by lifestyle.
- nextos 3y agoFor ethical reasons, it is not possible to perform some kinds of research with double-blind RCTs. Besides, large biobanks provide a wealth of observational data which can be explored using causal inference. One can always use a RCT on promising hypotheses.