re: #65 windsagio

Well we’re not necessarily talking normal studies, or normal corporate research.

The best examples I can think of (to isolate from the current subject) are the good ol’ cigarette company studies, and the sugar industry studies that were used to torpedo cyclamates.

It would be silly to say that all corporate research is tainted, but it would be demonstrably wrong that industries misuse ‘science’ and taint some research to meet their own ends.

Fair enough. When I see “researchers,” though, I tend to think “peer reviewed publication.” I work for a large corporation that employs piles of physicists and engineers, and they produce, in turn, piles of peer-reviewed publications. There are cases where such publication is blocked by the company due to patent or proprietary concerns, but those are surprisingly rare.

In any case, I’m giving this poster the benefit of the doubt pending further clarification.