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Originally Posted by rkomar
For people who aren't researchers, let me explain something: you rarely get to the final result in one step.
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Then why do they so routinely publish "final result"-type findings after only one step? Why, in fact, publish ANY "findings" whatsoever if the research is incomplete? Why the definitive; "'DOES' damage" blah, blah blah? Why not something like; "preliminary findings suggest that <blah> CAN damage health/sleep?
They brought this on themselves. You can't have it both ways. Either the research is incomplete--in which no "findings" should be released (or at the very least, worded in such a way that clearly states that the findings are indeed preliminary)--or the research is complete and the findings should be formally presented. No ... the only "only the first step" defense doesn't wash.