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Evidence refer to observations from a selected group of people at a specific time in their lives, where the researcher chooses the focus of interest. If the focus is on lack, that is what is sought and found. If the focus is on well-being, that is what is sought and found. What is sought and found depends on the focus of the researcher.
In order to say that a given study is true for someone else than the people in the study, that research must be repeated in other human beings. So, if we are curiously investigating medical evidence, how many studies are reproduced under exactly the same experimental circumstances in order to say that the results of the study also concern someone else? The answer is: none!
It is impossible to make two identical human studies. The circumstances will always be new; a new day, new surroundings, new eyes. Nothing remains the same, neither the conditions nor the examined person. And to definitively prove that something is truth, we also need to prove it the other way around. For example, if someone gets cured by a treatment, we must prove that they will not get cured without this treatment or with any other treatment. This is not possible to prove, since a person cannot participate in two studies at the same time.
Remember that every hour and every day we get new in-puts and make new discoveries, and it all affects us and the healing process in ways the researcher and the test persons are unaware of.
So it is with rather little knowledge that we sometimes express ourselves with great certainty by saying "It is proven."
Evidence-based studies are not proofs. The proof is in every living individual and the final "result" is at the end of life.
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By Mette Maja MouritsenEvidence refer to observations from a selected group of people at a specific time in their lives, where the researcher chooses the focus of interest. If the focus is on lack, that is what is sought and found. If the focus is on well-being, that is what is sought and found. What is sought and found depends on the focus of the researcher.
In order to say that a given study is true for someone else than the people in the study, that research must be repeated in other human beings. So, if we are curiously investigating medical evidence, how many studies are reproduced under exactly the same experimental circumstances in order to say that the results of the study also concern someone else? The answer is: none!
It is impossible to make two identical human studies. The circumstances will always be new; a new day, new surroundings, new eyes. Nothing remains the same, neither the conditions nor the examined person. And to definitively prove that something is truth, we also need to prove it the other way around. For example, if someone gets cured by a treatment, we must prove that they will not get cured without this treatment or with any other treatment. This is not possible to prove, since a person cannot participate in two studies at the same time.
Remember that every hour and every day we get new in-puts and make new discoveries, and it all affects us and the healing process in ways the researcher and the test persons are unaware of.
So it is with rather little knowledge that we sometimes express ourselves with great certainty by saying "It is proven."
Evidence-based studies are not proofs. The proof is in every living individual and the final "result" is at the end of life.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.