How many times, in the context of the restructuring of our society, have we heard, "The research shows…"? The automatic response of the lay person to the term "research" is, "Wow; this individual must really know what he/she is talking about. After all, he/she is quoting the research." Few stop to ask for the research or if the research meets the usual standards of scientific proof and discovery. They take it at face value that this individual "must be an expert because he/she quotes the research."

People need to ask what the research is, who did it, is it replicable, instead of just taking it for granted that the research is credible because someone unknown to them says it is and supposedly quotes from it.

What is research if it is credible? The links to the left discuss research — what it is and what it is not. Too much of the research undergirding present reforms is nothing more than a gaggle of groupies of like mind quoting each others work, giving each other credibility, yet the work of each mixing just enough truth in amongst the assumptions, assertions and contentions that their work appears credible. Repeated often enough, and built upon, the truth becomes lost in the volume of reproduced "research".

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