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pfdietztoday at 3:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

My theory is that if you torture a chemical with enough diverse studies, you can find some where it confesses to causing cancer, even if it actually doesn't.


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smt88today at 3:28 PM

If what you say is true, we would know almost nothing about pharmacology and modern medicine wouldn't exist.

There are basic scientific and statistical methods to avoid this.

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hombre_fataltoday at 3:59 PM

When it comes to mechanistic speculation, absolutely.