Crap medical research, which I think in Sturgeon’s sense would include things like anti-vaccine websites and claims that essential oils cure cancer, cause beliefs that directly lead to suffering and death.
I don’t think those are examples of medical research in Sturgeon’s sense. Outside of “essential oil cure cancer” blogs, half of the published cancer research doesn’t replicate and I wouldn’t surprised if the majority of the rest is useless for actually doing anything about cancer for other reasons.
I don’t think those are examples of medical research in Sturgeon’s sense. Outside of “essential oil cure cancer” blogs, half of the published cancer research doesn’t replicate and I wouldn’t surprised if the majority of the rest is useless for actually doing anything about cancer for other reasons.