Alzheimer's research may have been fabricated

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@StickyBun said:

@JimmyinSD said:
This kind of supports those that constantly say to never trust the science,  science is never settled, and to keep asking and looking for reasons why the science could be wrong.  As soon as we stop questioning "the science" we risk never finding the real solutions to problems. 

Science is based on previously accepted results,  but there is always a chance those previous findings are flawed and the entire premise collapses like a house of cards.  This IMO is why the push to accept the popular narrative of the times is potentially more dangerous than what was actually being researched. 
How much time, effort and resources are spent following a false path in this situation?

Science, in the history of mankind, because of the scientific method, has been overwhelming right. Let's not go down this rabbit hole today of fake news and other bullshit to say that's why people didn't get the COVID vaccine. Like everyday Joe Blow knows a damn thing about medicine or science. We are immensely better off because of science in modern society. Saying 'never trust science' is bullshit. Challenge certain things? Of course. The scientific community constantly questions itself, its the beauty of it. In fact, its exactly why THIS story came to light: other scientists calling bullshit on it. 

Let's keep in mind just because Karen can work the Google on the internet machine doesn't mean she's a scientist. 

Science..evolves over time.  The Scientific Method demands that everything be questioned to further our knowledge.  Lots of settled science over the years that now seems barbaric or ridiculous...or dangerous.  There is no such thing as "settled science".  Anybody who tells you differently is either an idiot...or a liar...or in the case of a politician...both.  

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@StickyBun said:
So much damage is done with fraudulent science. It can set back research on a specific disease decades as they follow a false trail. Horrendous. But it seems that other scientists were saying it wasn't replicable anyway years ago. Being wrong is ok, you learn from that. But like they mention, fraudulent is absolutely the worst.

Being wrong and admitting it is science.  

But we don't have science for the most part, we have perpetually funded hucksters.  Cancer research is similar, all the billions funneled into that and we still use the same toxic treatments from the 60s.  Hell, some of the chemos are basically mustard gas.