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我真的不知所措 阳性针灸研究 这和我 8 年级的科学博览会项目一样精心设计. 授, 我是一个书呆子科学小子, 但我可以做得更好醉. 我想我应该进行一项后续研究，测试将豪猪扔在你背后的功效. 肯定会更有趣; 并且充满了同样多的科学价值. 更何况, 豪猪有点可爱.
研究的真正问题:
- 非盲
- n=15. 他们的 x² 测试可能产生了显着的反应, 但在任何宇宙的想象中都没有 15 等于任何人口的统计显着抽样, 任何地方.
- 无阴性对照. 他们用针灸或维生素治疗所有病人. 维生素B复合物是一种治疗 (仍然是一个很差的支持), 并且只有一个阳性对照. Whose to say smell didn’t naturally improve over the course of the study? The authors can not.
So my question is, what can possibly be the motivation for this study? I can imagine how this was dreamt up, around the coloring books one day “Hey Doc Julia, acupuncture sure works huh?” “Why yes it does fellow idiot, let’s create a really crappy study to show just that!”. Take a look at my older acupuncture post for more links and a bit more discussion on why ancient chinese medicine is a waste of money. Of course if you test 15 people you can scrape together a positive result for just about anything. But as you start to introduce larger and more tightly controlled studies the positive effects start to shrink.
Ridiculous. And now that I look at it, my 8th grade science fair project was conducted with two sets of controls, blinded, and had a sample size of 18 (antibacterial effectiveness of kitchen cleaners). 谢谢, I’ll kindly take my position at the University of Cologne Medical Center now.
你好 – I am visiting because I learned about your blog from Ted at Beetles in the Bush. I just sent a link to this article to my friend, who feels much the same way about acupuncture quackery. She recently blew a gasket when another friend told us that she was considering acupuncture therapy to help her get pregnant. 🙂