49 bad studies are not as useful, from an evidence point of view, as 1 good one. You can collate 100s of pieces of shoddy, poorly-done research and still have no idea if something is true
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For example, there have been literally hundreds of studies on hydroxychloroquine. Most of them are woeful, some are decent, and a few are really good The really good ones are pretty much the driving force behind decision-making
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The point is that a poorly-done study doesn't allow you to answer questions. You can repeat the process of not answering a question as many times as you want, you still won't be able to conclude anything meaningful
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If you say "but [x] studies are positive!" about a scientific point, you've completely misunderstood how the process works
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Truth. And this isn't just a problem with non-scientists.
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I don't know, I mean, the only people saying this are the small number of people who have a high quality understanding of how this works. On the other hand, there are millions of people who don't who are saying the opposite. So don't they win the vote??
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