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Comment author: XiXiDu 25 October 2010 02:50:49PM *  3 points [-]

Hans-Peter Beck-Bornholdt and Hans-Hermann Dubben are writing books and papers on this problem (most medical research is wrong, see "Is the pope an alien?" Nature 381: 730, 1996) for decades. I've even got a popular science book on probability by them. Sadly most stuff is only available in German.

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Comment author: Perplexed 25 October 2010 03:42:42PM 1 point [-]

Hmmm. The customer reviews seem to suggest that it wasn't interpreted as "a mock".

I was particularly amused by the list of what customers eventually purchased after looking at the amazon page for this book:

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

67% buy: The Astrology File: Scientific Proof of the Link Between the Star Signs and Human Behaviour by Gunther Sachs Hardcover

33% buy: Oncogenes, Aneuploidy, and AIDS: A Scientific Life and Times of Peter H. Duesberg by Harvey Bialy Paperback

Comment author: billswift 25 October 2010 03:54:00PM 0 points [-]

I didn't see any evidence on the page, either in the editorial or customer reviews, that this was intended as a "mock". It looks like a seriously intended book of pseudo-science from the Amazon page.

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