tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post9069743082057173494..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: How to fake sciencePaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-55215473722105739392015-06-12T14:14:37.574-04:002015-06-12T14:14:37.574-04:00Yes this explains the "proof" that six-s...Yes this explains the "proof" that six-sigma, EHR, Press Ganey, ACOs,pay for performance, and the rest of the rent-seekers' boondogles are magic bullets for health care.Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212538104590038601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-13704406745659075452015-06-12T10:25:31.965-04:002015-06-12T10:25:31.965-04:00If I had a nickel for every meaningless headline t...If I had a nickel for every meaningless headline that says.. X factor linked to X disease in humans.... I'd be richstaceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872800621811343464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-8564802064285652322015-06-02T14:35:10.049-04:002015-06-02T14:35:10.049-04:00Not much of a secret. I love the article, but R. B...Not much of a secret. I love the article, but R. Barker Bausell wrote a book in 2008 about all the things that are done incorrectly in studies and how they affect results. Although the book was mostly aimed at complementary and alternative medicine, everything he said applies to human studies of all sorts. Every science journalist should read it. But they won't! Until then, we'll have false causality, confounding factors, reverse causality, regression to the mean, selection bias, placebo effects, dropout effects, and a host of other errors confusing reporters and distorting results that masquerade as true.MedEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10358180948948093387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-29062592005999777452015-05-31T08:49:58.119-04:002015-05-31T08:49:58.119-04:00Coincidence that I finished Richard Feynman's ...Coincidence that I finished Richard Feynman's "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" last night. One chapter contains a rehash of a commencement address he gave at Cal Tech. Scientific rigor and integrity of research was his message. There are many inconvenient truths, especially those that don't fit our preconceptions, hypotheses, and world view. <br />tcroylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-90355121329474114562015-05-28T13:14:53.721-04:002015-05-28T13:14:53.721-04:00The scientific method is fundamentally flawed. I...The scientific method is fundamentally flawed. Isaiah Berlins hedgehogs work relentlessly on linear studies designed around an economic agenda.<br />The writing style is ritualistic and boring. <br />Most science writers are well trained parrots This article turns over a large rock.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864929244320142283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-13346184451022921582015-05-28T10:36:50.176-04:002015-05-28T10:36:50.176-04:00The dirty BIG secret is that almost all scientists...The dirty BIG secret is that almost all scientists run their research hoping to prove their hypothesis and set their studies up to do that. The BIGGEST dirty secret is that the media, who studies have shown are about 70% liberals, push any studies that agree with their thinking to the forefront of the man in the street and convince them it is "proven fact" even though it is unproven theory. The real truth is, given enough time, almost all scientific theories turn out to be disproven or superseded by a new theory that becomes the new "truth."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com