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		ekianjo on July 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical tria... Closer to 50% of trials are probably junk since they cant be reproduced independently

throw9away6 on July 18, 2023 [–]

That’s being generous as only 1/10 can actually be fully reproduced from my understanding. It’s so bad that if you want to create a product based on research your first need to reproduce the result to make sure it’s not bs.

MichaelZuo on July 18, 2023 | [–]

I haven't heard of the 10% figure before, can you link to the source?

dennis_jeeves1 on July 19, 2023 | | [–]

Heuristics.

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