People who cry "Shill! Conflict of Interest" any time someone makes an argument that they disagree with have always confused me You can be paid to say something and still be right!
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Also, the corollary to this argument is that you can disagree with someone without them being paid by a shadowy organisation Something that a lot of anti-vaccination activists forget
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You are a shill for big shill
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I personally struggle with this, though I recognise I'm an extremist on this point. Companies don't fund researchers out of benevolence. I don't think disclosure (while absolutely, 100% necessary) necessarily renders an otherwise conflicted statement trustworthy.
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I also worry about fields of research where virtually the entire field is taking industry funding and there's few competing voices. I wonder if our decades long uncritical overestimate of the value of MRI in back pain would be as bad if less people were funded by manufacturers.
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