tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307506631340600983.post7183259824589316769..comments2023-09-13T09:18:15.028-04:00Comments on Chateau 7: The Emperor has no ClothesReya Mellickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307506631340600983.post-47287392589107633692012-08-17T08:51:13.729-04:002012-08-17T08:51:13.729-04:00This is excellent information, Rebecca. Thank you!...This is excellent information, Rebecca. Thank you!Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307506631340600983.post-64551586021438962652012-08-14T20:09:43.401-04:002012-08-14T20:09:43.401-04:00Reya, with all the science books you read, I'm...Reya, with all the science books you read, I'm sure you can read the abstracts. The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Nature, and Science all have their recent abstracts online, and sometimes some editorials, commentary, etc.<br /><br />A very cool thing is happening with plos.org (Public Library of Science). Articles are free for researchers to publish, and free for anyone to read, download, etc. A lot of prominent researchers submit articles here, the articles are peer-reviewed, and the quality is high. More and more articles are being published here, open access, for anyone in the world to read. Very exciting!Rebecca Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494730619850791609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307506631340600983.post-43431488492039104962012-08-13T16:27:21.303-04:002012-08-13T16:27:21.303-04:00That is good to know! I don't doubt that there...That is good to know! I don't doubt that there is a problem in the translation. I tend not to believe anything I hear on the radio, see on the internet, or read in the papers. Who knows what it's really about.<br /><br />As for the abstracts, I'm going to look for them. I heard that it costs a bundle to subscribe to professional scientific journals, but maybe easy to understand abstracts can be located without having to pay the big bucks.<br /><br />I will check it out.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307506631340600983.post-251181666405563582012-08-13T15:05:15.100-04:002012-08-13T15:05:15.100-04:00About those bogus studies--many times, the reporte...About those bogus studies--many times, the reporter (or the PR person, if it's from a well-funded research person) misses the point of the study all together, and takes away the premise the study started from. Now that the big science and medicine journals have an online presence, you can often look up the abstract and see what the study was really about. <br /><br />The contrast can be hilarious! (In a nerdy way.)Rebecca Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494730619850791609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307506631340600983.post-57241685101063329032012-08-13T12:41:31.840-04:002012-08-13T12:41:31.840-04:00Big mistakeBig mistakeReya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307506631340600983.post-26846842999016733962012-08-13T10:23:57.524-04:002012-08-13T10:23:57.524-04:00it's because at some point, science and medici...it's because at some point, science and medicine refused to accept experiential evidence as evidence. if the ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.com