ixchelkali
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If you knew a good researcher who had tried to find XMRV in a well-defined patient cohort and failed to find it, would you urge him/her to delay publication of the findings?
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If you knew a good researcher who had tried to find XMRV in a well-defined patient cohort and failed to find it, would you urge him/her to delay publication of the findings?
ixchelkali, could you provide more information about your question. What would be the motive for asking the researcher to delay their findings. Would it be because he or she needed help or further information on how to find XMRV or are you afraid the negative results would hamper other studies or is there some other reason?
Publish with an honest conclusion
I have no objection to negative papers provided they dont overreach or misrepresent
Publish with an honest conclusion
I have no objection to negative papers provided they dont overreach or misrepresent
After reading Oslers web, which is 15 years plus ago, theres more interest in scientists disproving others then proving others are correct. I could image a scientist out to disprove another and finding him being correct but because he doesnt like or agree with his ways doesnt publish the study, its all about bullcrap politics and getting research grants etc etc. Whats going on today is just history repeating itself in oslers web, hopefully times and technology have changed and maybe more influential people have cfs and there relatives which has changed there mind set.
cheers!!!
We should ignore scientific findings just to please people and give them false hope?If you knew a good researcher who had tried to find XMRV in a well-defined patient cohort and failed to find it, would you urge him/her to delay publication of the findings?
If you knew a good researcher who had tried to find XMRV in a well-defined patient cohort and failed to find it, would you urge him/her to delay publication of the findings?
We should ignore scientific findings just to please people and give them false hope?
What an absurd question...