- Two new articles tackle the issue of whether most research is false... Which raises the question: how do we know whether this research is true? Or whether any of the links which follow are true? Undaunted, I'll continue...
- Chris of Mixing Memory has a thoughtful article discussing research suggesting religion can have harmful effects.
- When it comes to piloting planes, older pilots are generally better.
- Subliminal messages found in Canadian slot machines. Really. Even though they probably don't work.
- Come to think of it, it's odd that they'd need to. After all, money is the best incentive.
- Completely unrelated: A treatment for "phantom limb" pain.
- Somewhat related: Has the procedure for deciding what research is ethical gone too far?
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I'm talking efficacy of drugs and the like.
Of course, there's more to this story, but it is a long time since I read it.