Posted by oracle on November 10, 2002, at 4:48:07
In reply to Re: disclosures and disclaimers » Dr. Bob, posted by Alan on November 9, 2002, at 9:57:53
Isn't it a resonable proceedure to know an professional's affiliations, academic or otherwise?
Alan
In this case this doc, at least to some of us, is well known as an expert on this issue. If Lessing
or Hawking came to discuss law or physics and we required proof of their claim to their field, that would be rude, at least to me.Also, you may not be know that this board told the last well known expert that he did not know what he was talking about, so i think is best to
be nice to the guests lest they not give of their time freely to us.If Dr Bob picked guests who did not have info on them everywhere, then I would ask for a CV or bio. That is not the case here.
I have known, as many have, that most of our studies are paid for by the drug comps. And have been for some time, ghost written by someone else and studies that don't give the right results are not published. This has been a reality for decades. Does knowing doc X worked for pill Y really help ? Do I not take pill Y if doc X told me to ? What happens if pill Y really would work ?
I think if you are naive and ask the wrong questions you get taken almost every time.
I prefer the questions like "why do some meds poop out" instead of "what med should I take".
To me the first is more likely to get useful info and the latter may have bias but at the least is a shot in the dark.
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