Re:Psychedelics and mental illness
by aw1621107 on Friday April 15, 2022 @07:43PM
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> The Nature critiques are less than convincing
Out of curiosity, is there anything specific about them that you think make them weaker critiques?
> either way they are doing another phase 3 trial so we will know.
As long as (potential?) weaknesses are not repeated; for example, if loss of blinding is indeed a significant issue and the second trial also suffers from the same flaw, then I think it's not unreasonable to call into question the utility of that second trial.
Out of curiosity, is there anything specific about them that you think make them weaker critiques?
> either way they are doing another phase 3 trial so we will know.
As long as (potential?) weaknesses are not repeated; for example, if loss of blinding is indeed a significant issue and the second trial also suffers from the same flaw, then I think it's not unreasonable to call into question the utility of that second trial.