The test of replicability, as it’s known, is the foundation of modern research. Replicability is how the community enforces itself. It’s a safeguard for the creep of subjectivity. Most of the time, scientists know what results they want, and that can influence the results they get. The premise of replicability is that the scientific community Read more about Why is a lot of science not reproducible – the decline effect[…]

This is the second time scientific results are being questioned on a very deep level in a very short time. It’s a very disturbing trend. In just the last two months, two pillars of preventive medicine fell. A major study concluded there’s no good evidence that statins drugs like Lipitor and Crestor help people with Read more about A lot of medical science in question[…]