Satire so dry it fears a light wind

[womzilla]

From BMJ (formerly The British Medical Journal):

Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related togravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Conclusions: As with many interventions intended to prevent ill health, the effectiveness of parachutes has not been subjected to rigorous evaluation by using randomised controlled trials. Advocates of evidence based medicine have criticised the adoption of interventions evaluated by using only observational data. We think that everyone might benefit if the most radical protagonists of evidence based medicine organised and participated in a double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, crossover trial of the parachute.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a medical intervention justified by observational data must be in want of verification through a randomised controlled trial.

(via grahamsleight, I think)

Comments

[grahamsleight.livejournal.com]

I actually nicked it (with acknowledgment, I think) from Neil Gaiman's blog.

Unrelated but exciting news: I'll be in NYC week-after-next! Will drop you an email when I get home.

[nellorat.livejournal.com]

I'll be in NYC week-after-next! Will drop you an email when I get home.

Woohoo! How busy will you be? It would be great if you could come up, see the house, and meet the kids, but if you're very busy we can meet you in the city.

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

Yay! As nellorat asks, can you come up and visit, or should we meet in The City? What days will you be here?