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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Why fight an uphill battle if your discovery is nothing but a pipe dream?
Read in DN (Dagens Nyheter, Sun 26 Sep 2010):
Industrin håller myten om kolesterolet vid liv
A Swedish medical doctor (MD) in Trollhättan pursues the thesis that the Industry (a.k.a. ) keeps the myth [of the unhealthiness] of cholesterol alive due to economic interests (i.e. the medicines are already on the market).
There is a debate going on within the medical community and the new discoveries are challenging the old. There are currently adherents on both sides. What to make of this, then?
Without medical expertise and facts behind me I cannot influence the debate, nor ought I do so.
Instead I appeal to reason and probability; go back to Thomas Kuhn and his Theory of Scientific Revolution (Paradigm Shift). It says that the static - the current paradigm - seeks always to preserve itself while dynamic forces - in this case the mythbusters - seek to overthrow it.
It is, based on this sole phenomenon [ceterus paribus], therefore plausible that the "mythbusters" are correct, fighting as they do the uphill battle with the conventional forces - which seek to preserve the status quo.
Industrin håller myten om kolesterolet vid liv
A Swedish medical doctor (MD) in Trollhättan pursues the thesis that the Industry (a.k.a. ) keeps the myth [of the unhealthiness] of cholesterol alive due to economic interests (i.e. the medicines are already on the market).
There is a debate going on within the medical community and the new discoveries are challenging the old. There are currently adherents on both sides. What to make of this, then?
Without medical expertise and facts behind me I cannot influence the debate, nor ought I do so.
Instead I appeal to reason and probability; go back to Thomas Kuhn and his Theory of Scientific Revolution (Paradigm Shift). It says that the static - the current paradigm - seeks always to preserve itself while dynamic forces - in this case the mythbusters - seek to overthrow it.
It is, based on this sole phenomenon [ceterus paribus], therefore plausible that the "mythbusters" are correct, fighting as they do the uphill battle with the conventional forces - which seek to preserve the status quo.
"Läkemedelsindustrin fortbildar läkarkåren, betalar och bestämmer hur vetenskapliga studier om läkemedel skall genomföras" - Christer Enkvist
Thursday, September 9, 2010
SiHKAL: Shulgins I have Known and Loved
source http://www.vbs.tv/en-se/watch/hamilton-s-pharmacopeia
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