04.06.2023 - By Dave Etler and the Students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Evidence leads to practice, but when is enough enough? Equipoise was a new word for Dave, Mitch, Nathen and Riley. Jeff explains that it describes a state of equilibrium at which debate on a topic is no longer required, and factuality has effectively been achieved. But in science, that state has time and again been upset by new ideas and evidence that initially seem wrong. So, who decides whether the debate is remains open, or has gone on long enough?
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