Creation Clues

Why Creation Clues?

by Sara J. Mikkelson My heart pounded and my eyes widened in mixed horror and disbelief as I stared in the rear-view mirror. I braced myself for the impact I knew was coming as the large truck hit the back of my car. And I knew the man had done it on purpose, out of unreasonable anger. Shaking with shock I dialed 9-1-1.

What is a Peer Reviewed Research Paper?

Let’s say you were a scientist or research student about to write and publish a science paper. You would probably get together with several of your friends, mentors, or co-workers. Together, your group would research your topic by finding out what other people say about it and by doing experiments. You write your beautiful, long, complex paper with a nice conclusion.

Who Reads Peer Reviewed Research?

Very few people read these papers because they are usually very hard to understand – they use lots of specialized, technical words that are not in the normal English language. When I read research papers and books, I usually stick with geology papers because I understand the special geology words much, much better than biology or medical research papers.

What’s Wrong?

In 2005, Dr. John Ioannidis from Greece published his paper, “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False”*. In this paper, Dr. Ioannidis uses the math of statistics to show how most of the research that medical doctors depend on is probably false*.

How Does Research Science Impact Me?

Please don’t get this wrong – it doesn’t mean that you can’t trust anything in peer reviewed research papers.* There is a lot of good, useful information in peer reviewed research papers and science methods are constantly being improved. Believe me, I wouldn’t spend lots of hours of my free time sifting through technical science research if I thought most of it was inaccurate.