(Some) people like to think that #research funding is a simple matter; if it's industry-funded, it must be shit
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The argument goes; "If the industry funds it, there MUST be bias somewhere, so we can just completely ignore the results"
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Now don't get me wrong, the industry isn't perfect. Pharma companies are known for biasing research even unintentionally
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But the idea that industry studies are completely worthless ignores the fact that research is fucking complicated
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Bias in studies is incredibly hard to unpick. Even industry studieshttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/866114424334987265 …
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Even more importantly, industry studies aren't somehow completely different to other research in some magical wayhttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/866114424334987265 …
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In actual fact, industry studies face EXACTLY the same sources of bias as other studies, they just do things worse more often
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So when you see an industry study, it's not a case of "this has to be crap" it's a case of "this may be worse but let's see"
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The point is that virtually every study is flawed. Industry funding is one (possible) flaw, but not the only onehttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/866114748357660672 …
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So when you see an industry study, evaluate it on its own merits. This is not a problematic thing to say
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And for god's sake stop ignoring good research just because they interacted in some way with the industry. It's just idiotic.
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