Professional Skeptism In Research

[Grigor]

Important message by professor Patrick Bossuyt in the Dutch Journal of Medicine. He feels it's urgently necessary to involve at least one professional sceptic in a research team.

“Patients can be harmed by incorrect findings that nonetheless find their way into guidelines, recommendations and clinical pathways.”

The document is Google translated.

 

[Utsikt]

He feels it's urgently necessary to involve at least one professional sceptic in a research team.

I’d argue there is no research if the members aren’t deeply sceptical of everything. So perhaps the issue is the lack of researchers in so-called research projects..