Report: 132 papers out of 800 falsified on Alzheimers.
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/fraud-so-much-fraud
this problem is getting worse. when we can't trust scientific output, we're in big 💩💩💩
@holon42 we already are there (some drugs approved with scant evidence, pirated medicines that may not be effective or are potentially unsafe, biosimilars getting fast tracked based on the molecule that is replicated not duplicated, the ripple effect on public health because of the few real instances of malfeasance getting blown out of proportion …)
we're in a situation like Odysseus and the hydra.
i really wonder if there's any way through all this🫨
@holon42 I imagine the pressures of “publish or perish” is a huge contributing factor. And then there’s the effects of venture capital getting excited by the sizzle of profits to be made for treatments/cures (although VC has largely moved away from biotech since 2022).
Relatedly look at Phenylephrine. It’s ineffective as a decongestant when taken orally and is part of big money (close to 2 billion a year) in OTC drugs such as Relief and Benadryl Allergy Plus Congestion.
yes, the pressure to publish and do conferences is enormous.
today, i'm feeling that Homo sapiens has really reached a point where the collapse is imminent.
total.
climate ,environment, economy, society, everything is on the edge of the precipice.
and all it will take is one cat to push it over the edge.
yeah, the good old days, only because we survived.
my doom clouds have retreated somewhat. just had a delightful philosophical conversation with a telephone repair tech.
sometimes all the demons gang up to shout doom at the same time.
it passes😮💨
@holon42 I’m more hopeful than that. 🤣 But that is not without skepticism and cynicism. We do adapt, or at least can.
Who knew, growing up with the existential threat of nuclear war would be “the good old days”?