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b_b · 4688 days ago · link · · parent · post: Most things in medicine are not based on randomized, controlled trials with sound math
Scientists, aware of this orientation, tend to submit only grants aimed at elucidating the biochemistry.
This is so true in so many fields of research. The NIH only considers certain projects worthy, so that's what researchers are going to study (because if you don't get a grant in X number of years, you're fired at pretty much any institution). It hurts everyone.