Comments on: Dr. Harriet Hall explains Tooth Fairy Science

By: Living on the Wrong Planet

Living on the Wrong Planet — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 16:00:24 +0000

[…] …real, as in they exist as actual scientific publications, but their contents are what’s called tooth fairy science. While the first link talks about the thriving world of fake journals for alt med quacks, all of […]

LikeLike

By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:54:48 +0000

Done! Thanks for letting me know, Diane.

LikeLike

By: Diane Jacobs

Diane Jacobs — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:28:28 +0000

It would appear the link to the slideshow is broken. Could you repost? Thanks.
Diane Jacobs

LikeLike

By: Adcosmos

Adcosmos — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:19:54 +0000

[…] Dr. Harriet Hall explains Tooth Fairy Science | The Ethical Nag […]

LikeLike

By: Serge W.

Serge W. — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:40:38 +0000

“…The file drawer effect is when negative studies are not submitted for publication; publication bias is when the journals are less likely to publish negative studies. Inappropriate data mining is when they tweak the (negative) data every which way until they get something that looks positive….”

THANK GOD for scientists like Dr. Harriet Hall and her common sense reality check! Let’s sit her down with medical journal editors for a good ol’ collective smack upside their heads. Surely she is not the only smart person who sees what’s going on.

Thanks for this. Good work here.

LikeLike

By: Teemo

Teemo — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:27:42 +0000

This is great stuff —- illustrates how easily facts can be spun, research designed, messages tweaked, and ultimately media manipulated to give corporations the results they want to see. Thanks, Carolyn.
regards from Finland
T.

LikeLike

By: Ski bum

Ski bum — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:18:09 +0000

I love Dr. Harriet Hall!! Way to go!

LikeLike

By: RSG

RSG — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:06:24 +0000

Absolutely brilliant piece. I’d never heard of Dr. Hall before today – thanks for introducing her to many of us like this. Her ‘tooth fairy’ science is a useful analogy that I will long remember.

Many thanks for this.

LikeLike

By: Jon in L.A.

Jon in L.A. — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:07:09 +0000

Tooth Fairy Science – I like this overview explanation of how research can be skewed.

Thanks – interesting info here. Good work. I’m a new subscriber to make sure I don’t miss any of your new updates.

LikeLike