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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

A New Study (Really)

A new study in The International Health and Science Magazine recently published a study on the cause of early onset color blindness. The study shows a direct correlation between early exposure to black and white stimulus color cards and colored cards. The study was done using a control group of infants ages 1month to 4 months. The results after following the child’s nero pathways over a course of six years found surprising results.The group exposed only to the black and white stimulas had a larger result of red/green color blindness. The other group had only a 2% rate of red/green color blindness. These finding suggest the nero pathways are formed by early exposure thus affecting the vision from its restrictive environment.
If you read this article and fully believe the above you are easily fooled. In today’s society where there is study after study one must be cautious about what is fact or fiction. Scientific studies need a lot of time and resources to do properly. Just the other night on CBC news a well-known Canadian researcher was found to do numerous fraudulent studies. How many others are out there. I wrote the above from the bullshit side of my brain. I am not a researcher, nor doctor. With the medical world a lot of what the common folk read is difficult to understand, not only that but statistics can be very misleading. The idea that one must do the foot work to prove the theory’s and claims of many resheachers is very expensive and time consuming. Therefore much of the research that is published or many claims have not been proven. We are gullible from our own laziness and lack of questioning. The next time you read something referring to a study, question it; even consider the possibility of fiction.

1 Comments:

Blogger Roberta S said...

Well, didn't you just suck me in with the bullshit side of your brain?

At that rate you'll be lucratively writing research papers before you know it. Great résumé for any research institutions. (chuckle)

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