Feynman’s 1974 Cargo Cult Science essay (http://neurotheory.columbia.edu/~ken/cargo_cult.html …): same mindless-research problem in Kennedy, 1956 http://worrydream.com/refs/Kennedy%20-%20Administration%20of%20Research%20in%20a%20Research%20Corporation.html …
@Jayarava Yes, that can work, but not always. Nutrition “science” is still 100% nonsense after a century http://meaningness.com/nutrition
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@Meaningness Well I have my own list. But bullshit is everywhere. One cannot write off all research simply because there is bullshit. - 4 more replies
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