[lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test

[Miles Jackson]

joanna wrote:
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> Miles Jackson wrote:
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>> .  In contrast, recent research
>> on hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women has shown that
>> the "pump em with estrogen" strategy has no positive therapeutic
>> effects and actually increases a woman's risk of ovarian cancer. 
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> But Miles, when estrogen therapy was introduced, there were lots of 
> tests that demonstrated it was the best thing since sliced bread.
> 

Yes, and it was through continued scientific research that we 
discovered that the original research was flawed.  This is a wonderful 
example of the self-correcting nature of scientific work, not a reason 
to be skeptical of scientific research!

Miles