This Chart Shows Why You Shouldn’t Trust Just One Scientific Study.
We’ve all seen the news claiming that “new research” has come out that shows that something new causes or prevents cancer. If you need a reminder not to trust just one study , this chart shows the spectrum that individual studies can fit into.
As the news site Vox explains, science is a complex, often contradictory discipline. Individual studies do not exist in a vacuum, and they can often have biases or flaws that make their conclusions less accurate. To illustrate this point, Vox put together the table below, which shows how, if you do individual research, virtually everything you eat causes and prevents cancer. This is a helpful reminder that while scientific research can be very beneficial to our lives, you must look at research through the lens of the entire scientific process in order to truly understand what these discoveries mean.