George Brims
09-Feb-09, 00:17
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5683671.ece
Not only is it ridiculous that this doctor (if the allegations prove true) published falsified results. It is also totally daft the impact this study has had. Even if the whole paper had been accurate, it was based on a sample of *twelve* children! The way scientific papers are analyzed (not at all, to be frank) and presented to the public by the lay media (in the most sensationalist way possible, and damn the consequences) is a national, no worldwide, scandal.
Not only is it ridiculous that this doctor (if the allegations prove true) published falsified results. It is also totally daft the impact this study has had. Even if the whole paper had been accurate, it was based on a sample of *twelve* children! The way scientific papers are analyzed (not at all, to be frank) and presented to the public by the lay media (in the most sensationalist way possible, and damn the consequences) is a national, no worldwide, scandal.