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Re:More than half of high-impact cancer lab studies could no... by Retric on Friday December 10, 2021 @06:00AM (#29508534)
The issue is “nothing” is not sufficient to assume zero effect, it just means the effect wasn’t measured. Actual progress means trying to replicate both positive and negative results.
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Re:More than half of high-impact cancer lab studies could no... by ajsnigrutin on Saturday December 11, 2021 @03:37AM (#29519477)
Well yeah, but if you're trying to "cure cancer", and in a (just made-up) theory an acidic environment should help with cancer, so you try lemon juice, and it shows that lemon juice cures as much cancer as placebo does, that seems publishable to me.
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