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by mrtranscendence 689 days ago
X says "I would like RCTs on this subject", and you reply that most RCTs are worthless. Great, what do you want, a cookie? Presumably they want good RCTs, not low-quality ones.
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Yeah, I'd like a cookie. I'd also like medicine to become real science. Unfortunately, you can't say by reading the paper, whether the paper corresponds to what's truly been done. In my experience, it often doesn't. What's your personal experience you wish to enlighten us with?