I think this author took an incredibly personal and hasty stance on the topic of incorrect studies. I agree with very little that he hd to say, and one of the only things I could genuinely get behind was his statement of “Causation does not equal correlation”. I understand the concern surrounding scientists being unable to replicate their original experiments, I understand that there should be a more representative sample of individuals participating in these under-grad studies, I understand Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers may not be your go to book club book, but there’s a way to go about discussing this. There are few people who can stand on the same playing field as these scientists who deliver us information about human behavior. There are even fewer people who can speak to their own personal findings. I think it is incredibly difficult to believe a man writing for Wall Street Journal to offer flimsily backed rebuttals of theories given by scientists and doctors. The key word scientists use is theories. It is nearly impossible to have a scientist determine something as fact, and if facts are what Mr. Kessler is looking for, he should stick to writing. I will be wary of my sources when conducting my research for my essay, but will not be shying away from scientific studies because a few argue their validity.

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