Re: windows linux final study

[Adam Jones <ajones1 () gmail com>]

If your read the full message that you were replying to you would see
that he addressed this issue in his reply. Vested interest and the
parties responsible for funding research have no consequence if:
 
1) The methods employed are fully documented.
2) The results are fully reproducable.
3) The methods are acceptable as an unbiased appraisal of the situation.

Provided those three things are true results are results, regardless
of funding. Demonstrating any one of those three to be false
constitutes EVIDENCE of vested interest. The conclusions of the study
do not.

To answer your (probably rhetorical) question: yes, I would trust the
results of smartcard research by the manufacturer if they can prove
the above three points to my satisfaction.


On Apr 6, 2005 9:06 AM, Michael Simpson <mikie.simpson () gmail com> wrote:
> would it have made any difference to the lancet making the decision to
> publish andrew wakefield's anti_MMR research if they had known that he
> was being paid by lawyers helping to sue the makers of the MMR vaccine
>
> yes, they wouldn't have published and we wouldn't be a mumps epidemic
> in britain.
>
> knowing that authors of a "scientific" report have a vested interest
> in a particular outcome is part of the process used for establishing
> the validity of the research
>
> would you trust your smartcard technology on the basis of a report
> funded totally by the manufacturers of said smart card or would you
> prefer some information that hasn't been potentially biased by greed?
>
> > Come on people grow up, put your prejudices aside and look at the
> > information provided, draw conclusions based on that, and be prepared to
> > change that opinion when the information to hand dictates.
>
> difficult to do without...wait for it...full-disclosure
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