[Foundation-l] Funding Sources of Medical Research, was Misplaced Reliance, was Re: Paid editing...

[David Gerard]

On 7 November 2010 02:18, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:

> By flagging a piece of research as 'funding by ACME Big Pharma', we
> suggest that the research is somehow flawed, without clearly saying
> it, without any evidence, and without sources that support our
> suggestion.


That naming funding sources is in fact *standard in the field* is,
however, something that strongly suggests we should not deliberately
withhold such information from the reader.


- d.