Study finds there are too many studies done...

[akugami]

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/03/12/study-finds-there-are-too-many-studies/

I'd post a reply but I need to conduct a study to research the perfect reply.

 

[TheSlamma]

Another study we didn't need a study for cause we already knew all this

My fav are the ones that say some habit forming product is actually good for you and it turns out ONE ingredient in that product is good for you but the rest is crap. Meanwhile that one ingredient can be found in 100 other healthier options.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Seems easy to solve. Just make it harder to get money for studies. Evaluate the applications for funding using stricter criteria or something. I'm not even saying that less money be used for them. The ones that pass muster should be given the extra money. It's a win/win because the most money would be going to the most worthwhile studies then. There have to be cases where someone comes up with an awesome, useful, but expensive study, and can't be funded because the people in charge of the funding did too many "Is cocaine really addictive" and "Is sleeping on your head bad for your neck" studies that year.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Rule of thumb for studies. They are all flawed and should be taken with a grain of salt.

 

[TheSlamma]

Rule of thumb for studies. They are all flawed and should be taken with a grain of salt.

Studies can be filed away with

"they say"

 

[Mike64]

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/03/12/study-finds-there-are-too-many-studies/

I think we need to form a committee to investigate that study.:biggrin:

 

[Brainonska511]

Seems easy to solve. Just make it harder to get money for studies. Evaluate the applications for funding using stricter criteria or something. I'm not even saying that less money be used for them. The ones that pass muster should be given the extra money. It's a win/win because the most money would be going to the most worthwhile studies then. There have to be cases where someone comes up with an awesome, useful, but expensive study, and can't be funded because the people in charge of the funding did too many "Is cocaine really addictive" and "Is sleeping on your head bad for your neck" studies that year.

You may not realize it, but it's incredibly difficult to get funding for scientific research. Raising the bar even further will not fix this problem and it will simply lead to more research projects being trashed altogether due to lack of funding. It might also make researchers less ambitious to chart novel paths in grant proposals, due to the greater uncertainty in those areas.

And your example bs studies sound like something you pulled out of your ass. Things like "shrimp treadmill" and "chimp cocaine" are things completely taken out of context by lay people reading random study titles and two-sentence abstracts posted on the internet of the funding agencies.

 

[jagec]

 

[DesiPower]

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