Anon1 here. Yes my armchair is very comfortable, but my lumbar support is not the issue. Even my qualifications are not really important, only what can be shown logically or empirically.
Qualified clinicians DO rely on trial data when prescribing medicine, it's only the fringe more whacky practices (like homeopathy, reiki or rain-dancing) that don't for two reasons. They usually don't understand the significance of a RCT double-blind, and the high quality trail favors against their practice.
If I were a medical doctor then I'd be called a big pharma shill. That's the advantage of having no conflict of interest.
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Anon1 here. Yes my armchair is very comfortable, but my lumbar support is not the issue. Even my qualifications are not really important, only what can be shown logically or empirically.
Qualified clinicians DO rely on trial data when prescribing medicine, it's only the fringe more whacky practices (like homeopathy, reiki or rain-dancing) that don't for two reasons. They usually don't understand the significance of a RCT double-blind, and the high quality trail favors against their practice.
February 7, 2012 - 4:56amIf I were a medical doctor then I'd be called a big pharma shill. That's the advantage of having no conflict of interest.
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