tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post168424951125994403..comments2024-03-14T16:16:26.474+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Fraud and weak researchTom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-53521106860389791142011-04-23T20:06:17.672+02:002011-04-23T20:06:17.672+02:00Here is my guess after reading the first page:
Wh...Here is my guess after reading the first page:<br /><br />When some new scientific finding has not yet been discovered, only the first "positive" results are published because they are notable. As the new finding becomes more entrenched, the probability of results being published showing that it isn't a real effect (or the effect is weaker than previously thought) increase, because they become "bigger news."Talnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-13475634064154491632011-04-19T21:11:58.291+02:002011-04-19T21:11:58.291+02:00I recommend a reading of this paper on spurious co...I recommend a reading of this paper on spurious correlations:'<br /><br /><br />http://www.dcscience.net/fiedler-voodoo-correlation-2011.pdf<br /><br />This would be relevant in brain scan studies.John S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-65100729364905840142011-04-19T17:28:13.968+02:002011-04-19T17:28:13.968+02:00I second that a large portion of copied and pasted...I second that a large portion of copied and pasted without indication. I thought it was your writing before reading the article.<br /><br /> A possibility is that the drugs have obvious side effects that provide clues to the doctors. So they see a reduction of symptoms that isn't there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-1607079318298671182011-04-19T17:21:39.986+02:002011-04-19T17:21:39.986+02:00A large chunk of this blog article is verbatim cop...A large chunk of this blog article is verbatim copy-and-paste from the cite New Yorker article. The author does so without proper indication of quotation: no italics, no quotation marks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com