CHEM 3LB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sub-Saharan Africa, Osmosis, Nux Vomica
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With the far reaching scope of the internet, this has been the preferred method of propagating quackery. It is more and more important to be able to quickly sift through fact from fiction. Freedom of speech: anyone is free to post and spread their opinions of the internet whether they are true or not. If not reliable/credible sources, paper can be retracted. A) individuals who receive compensation from a company should not be trusted. B) retraction of an article can only by initiated by the publisher: an amount of skepticism should always be invoked in the analysis of any work correct. Be aware, they may appear in supporting information. For data to be reliable the sample size must be adequate. Standards are actually different between biological studies and non-biological. Discredited autism study had a sample size of 12! There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. (attributed to mark twain)
