Posted by SLS on January 28, 2014, at 6:52:56
In reply to Re: Corelation does not imply causation, posted by alexandra_k on January 27, 2014, at 23:49:27
> > I guess the science is only as good as the scientists.
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> this is where i jump up and down. it gives science a bad name - but it shouldn't - because it isn't science.
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> drug design is more like engineering as an *application* of science than it is like a science.
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> they aren't really doing experiments in order to understand mental illness. they are doing what is required to be done in order for them to get the patient through in order to make money from sales.
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> this is why moving away from an academic *research* setting into working in industry, for pharma, is largely considered *selling out*. because it isn't about knowledge anymore. it is about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Sorry, Alexandra. I won't jump up and down, but I have followed the pure research being conducted by neuroscience and psychiatry. The amount of data being generated is overwhelming. However, there is a paucity of understanding.Specifically, what aspects of pharmaceutical company-sponsored clinical drug trials do you find fault with?
I can think of a few.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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