Current science; Lancet editor comments (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Saturday, May 30, 2015, 13:57 (3464 days ago) @ David Turell

"The apparent endemicity of bad research behaviour is alarming. In their quest for telling a >compelling story, scientists too often sculpt data to fi t their preferred theory of the world. >Or they retrofi t hypotheses to fi t their data"-This... just ... this.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.