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Feb 20, 2014
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The author humorously responds to a common argument against evidence-based medicine, suggesting a parachute experiment with a twist. Longer summary
This post is a humorous take on the common argument against evidence-based medicine that uses parachutes as an example. The author playfully suggests using those who make this argument as the control group in a parachute experiment, but then acknowledges that this would be unethical as groups need to be determined by random assignment. The post uses irony to subtly critique the flawed logic often used to dismiss evidence-based medicine. Shorter summary
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