Is this book an opinion or result of a research?
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Re: Is this book an opinion or result of a research?
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Well, my dad was a Royal Marine, but that doesn’t make me a military expert.
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I completely agree.
The problem with books such as this is that they rarely state if the research was done with double-blind trials, control groups, or if it was even trialed properly at all. Often the references are obscure and difficult to find (especially if you need to pay for the papers online to view the reference) or there are no references to the claims made in the text.
It's very difficult to validate their claims as to whether there has or hasn't been research conducted on the subject.
I would definitely say that the author is not an expert, the father may have been but the author is not. Bringing in colleagues of the author's father does assist with the validity.
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As being in the field of science, I deeply agree with you on this one. Changes in science are unpredictable. One minute we know then the next it has evolved, especially in the pathology department. Bacteria,
viruses, and etc. evolve to adapt. It is not a surprise that now some of them are drug-resistant.
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I do agree that a lot more could be done. The research papers involved are sufficient in its claims, but in the field of medicine, we need more statistics.Cardinalsparrow wrote: ↑03 Jan 2019, 03:35 The book looks very much like a result of research, research on the author's father. But I'd say, it isn't a professional research result, a lot more could be done.
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So yes, it is based on research, her father's research.
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