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isn’t there a problem with lack of replication in the scientific world though? i feel like replication experiments don’t get grants easily so people are more likely to pursue one time experiments.

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Yeah and if it were some mundane claim it would probably get away with it. But its always something outlandish like say being able to perform fully automated blood tests with a single drop of blood.

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For a hot minute, Elizabeth Holmes had a company with a multi-billion dollar valuation based on her specious claims. It doesn’t seem like the risk of getting caught deterred her from committing a phenomenal fraud, or rendering false results to thousands of patients who relied on it during her initial testing. The enormous immediate profit and prestige drowned out the nagging fear of getting caught.

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Also, the people investing in her company really should have done more independent research than they did.

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pretty much what i thought, but reading through the link Drewelite provided, there are numerous other problems as well.

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Just do experiments that confirm the bias of your peers and grant review boards.

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Someone knows the Master’s thesis trick.

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It counts as long as p < 0.05

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