Mike\u00a0Flynn confirms what I suspected<\/a>.<\/p>\nMost studies usually aren\u2019t worth the stamps needed to mail them. \u00a0One, the researchers can easily manipulate the study. \u00a0Two, if they don\u2019t, but don\u2019t like the results, they can spin the results. \u00a0Three, even if the studies are in good faith, unless we\u2019re looking for them, we are at the press\u2019s mercy to report the results\u00a0accurately (or at all). \u00a0Finally, we can just do what we do, and that\u2019s ignore the results if we don\u2019t like what they say.<\/p>\n
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