But if Ioannidis is right, most biomedical studies are wrong.
但如果埃尼迪斯是对的，那么大多数的生物医学研究都错了。
That made Ioannidis wonder, how many biomedical studies are wrong?
这使埃尼迪斯产生了一个疑问，到底有多少生物医学研究是错误的？
LEFTERIS IOANNIDIS: "Our economy has depended on the coal industry for years."
LEFTERISIOANNIDIS：“多年来，我们的经济依赖于煤炭行业。”
That's the provocative claim made by researcher John Ioannidis, profiled in this month's issue of the Atlantic.
研究人员约翰·艾恩尼德斯通过大西洋月刊透露的这个消息，令人吃惊。
Geneticists have mostly mended their ways, tightening statistical criteria, but other fields still need to clean house, Ioannidis says.
大部分的基因学者已经修正了他们的方向，提高了统计标准，但在其他领域仍然需要清理门户，埃尼迪斯说。
Previous work by Dr Ioannidis, on six highly cited observational studies, showed that conclusions from five of them were later refuted.
阿尼得士医生有6个受到高度引用的前期研究中，5个推论随后都被驳倒。
But Dr Ioannidis and his colleagues argue that the reputations of the journals are pumped up by an artificial scarcity of the kind that keeps diamonds expensive.
约阿尼底斯和他的同事认为，这些期刊的声誉是被人为的稀缺性所抬起来的，正如钻石般物以稀贵。
And one of its foremost advocates, Dr. John P.A. Ioannidis, has just ascended to a new, prominent platform after years of crusading against the baseless health and medical claims.
最重要的支持者之一，约翰·p·a·埃尼迪斯，正把多年来对毫无根据的健康和医学主张进行讨伐的行动提升到一个全新的高度。
And one of its foremost advocates, Dr. John P. A. Ioannidis, has just ascended to a new, prominent platform after years of crusading against the baseless health and medical claims.
最重要的支持者之一，约翰·p·a·埃尼迪斯，正把多年来对毫无根据的健康和医学主张进行讨伐的行动提升到一个全新的高度。
“I wouldn’t be surprised if a large proportion of surgical practice is based on thin air, and [claims for effectiveness] would evaporate if we studied them closely, ” Ioannidis says.
他说：“我不会感到惊讶，一大部分的外科手术是建立在子虚乌有之上的，如果我们仔细研究，他们就会消失。”
Some of the reasons are due to the misuse of statistics and poor study design, but what Ioannidis and others now looking at this problem also point to are the social and political factors.
其中部分原因在于，统计数据的错误使用和蹩脚的试验设计。
Some of the reasons are due to the misuse of statistics and poor study design, but what Ioannidis and others now looking at this problem also point to are the social and political factors.
其中部分原因在于，统计数据的错误使用和蹩脚的试验设计。
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