In Bruce Flamm ,The Columbia University “Miracle Study” Flawed and Fraud, he discusses a remarkable study , almost too good to be true . A scientific study in which Christian prayer groups was able to increase the rate of fertility in IVF by 100%. Though what was considered at the beginning a “miracle” soon had doctors and scientists questioning the study. Thus only to find out that it was also invalid and defective due to a doctor's credibility and how the scientific method was used. Flamm opens up his article with a historic event that took place and hit the United States, 9/11. Many Americans prayed and hoped for something good to come out of this destruction and that God was with them all. As Flamm mentions, there was such a “miracle”
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The Christians were praying for God’s wants. To many people that aren't Christian, how would anyone know what he truly wants. Any result would be invalid due to this. Unfortunately , no one saw these errors. We continue to learn more about the actual researchers of this experiment Cha, Wirth and Lobo. When people started to question their study, Cha and Lobo they turned down any phone calls and questions that related to it. Why would they not want to answer questions regarding their experiment? There will always be different opinions and criticism when publishing work or putting anything in the public eye. So what makes this any different? It seems as if the researchers already something would be brought to light. Flamm brings up the third author , which is Wirth. An investigation was being made in claims that Colombia never saw the results of the study and went without consent. At this point Lobo and Cha denied ever being the lead in the research. Then who was ? With the investigation going, they come to find that Daniel Wirth was not who he seemed to be. He was a fraud doctor. With many charges in his background, it's evident that this study nor any of his previous work would be credible
The Christians were praying for God’s wants. To many people that aren't Christian, how would anyone know what he truly wants. Any result would be invalid due to this. Unfortunately , no one saw these errors. We continue to learn more about the actual researchers of this experiment Cha, Wirth and Lobo. When people started to question their study, Cha and Lobo they turned down any phone calls and questions that related to it. Why would they not want to answer questions regarding their experiment? There will always be different opinions and criticism when publishing work or putting anything in the public eye. So what makes this any different? It seems as if the researchers already something would be brought to light. Flamm brings up the third author , which is Wirth. An investigation was being made in claims that Colombia never saw the results of the study and went without consent. At this point Lobo and Cha denied ever being the lead in the research. Then who was ? With the investigation going, they come to find that Daniel Wirth was not who he seemed to be. He was a fraud doctor. With many charges in his background, it's evident that this study nor any of his previous work would be credible