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A comment on No Association Between Salt And Blood Pressure, Study Finds. Parent comment

Re:No Association Between Salt And Blood Pressure, Study Finds by Lost_BiomedE on Thursday September 11, 2014 @03:34AM (#8301322)
It takes a while to change conclusions. The important thing is that they do change in the face of evidence. Personally, I do take some risks by changing early with what I consider sufficient evidence. Like Feynman said about the viscosity issue, many will steer towards what is currently the norm but slowly the data will correct.
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Re:No Association Between Salt And Blood Pressure, Study Finds by lutusp on Thursday September 11, 2014 @03:36AM (#8301327)
> ... but slowly the data will correct.

ITYM people's conclusions will slowly adjust to accumulating evidence. The entire process is ultimately steered by experimental evidence.

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Re:No Association Between Salt And Blood Pressure, Study Finds by Lost_BiomedE on Thursday September 11, 2014 @03:54AM (#8301374)
Right, but the evidence is affected by both past evidence and preconceived notions. Because of this, and outliers, it takes time.
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