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Study Shows One Third of All Studies Are Nonsense

Posted by samzenpus on from the 9-out-of-10-researchers-surveyed dept.

SydShamino writes "CNN has a report on new research to confirm claims made in initial, well-publicized studies. According to the new study, about a third of all major studies from the last 15 years were subsequently shown to be inaccurate or overblown. The study abstract is available."

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  1. Irony meter! by mister_llah · · Score: 4, Funny

    What... are you guys trying to blow up our heads?

    I think it is possible this is the most amusingly ridiculous piece of "legitemate" news I've read in awhile...

    Anyone got anything to beat it? Post it, I need to shock my brain a little more ;)

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    1. Re:Irony meter! by currivan · · Score: 5, Funny

      Turkish shepherds look at dead sheep in the town of Gevas, near the city of Van, eastern Turkey, Thursday, July 7, 2005. First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, according to the Turkish media reported on Friday July 8, 2005. In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher.
      Yahoo link

  2. Oblig. Futurama quote by dancingmad · · Score: 4, Funny

    Zapp: Kiff we have a conundrum!

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  3. Studies are wrong because... by Alpha27 · · Score: 5, Funny

    four out of three people have problems with fractions.

  4. Re:More nonsense studies: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Drink 8 Glasses of Water a Day (does beer count?)

    Depends. One would have to calculate the water content of beer versus the rate of dehydration produced by the alcohol content. Following through, one would conclude that 8 glasses of beer would fall short of the goal of 8 glasses of pure water, with the only recourse being to drink more beer.

    This, kids, is a practical demonstration of how to make science work for you.

  5. Re:Obviously flawed by Draigon · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not that boggling when you consider 62% of all Insightful's are Overrated and 83% of all Funny's are Redundant.

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  6. Study shows 66.6% chance that 1/3 of studies .... by frovingslosh · · Score: 4, Funny

    Correction: Study shows 66.66% chance that 1/3 of studies are nonsense.

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  7. Re:nice by d34thm0nk3y · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats a pretty good one, my favorite was this one from the CNN news ticker:

    "Public split on whether Bush is a divider."