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Re:Consumption of a dark roast coffee blend reduces DNA dama... by fromthestart on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @02:16AM (#18918876)
Could someone please explain to me how funding could lead to biased results? Is it disbursed conditionally? Is it the desire for future grants?

If it's just bribery, are all of these scientists just selling out constantly?

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Re:Consumption of a dark roast coffee blend reduces DNA dama... by fromthestart on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @01:53PM (#18923737)
Too late to edit but I ask this question in earnest.

I have trouble with the notion that we should be immediately skeptical, without reviewing methodology, of any study with industry funding. Some 70% of research funding comes from private entities.[1]

That said, given the current sorry state of "science" (p value abuse, publish or perish, replicability crisis) it wouldn't surprise me if funding related bias really is a common problem.

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funding_of_science

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