To what extend can you “buy” a scientific study in order to say what you want, even if it’s mostly false?

Question

I’ve heard a lot about CocaCola, Marlboro and Oil companies “purchasing” or “commissioning” studies that only benefit them, and could barely pass as “true”.

How common is this and how does it work?

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Answer 1

Depends on the people or organization writing it. usually though, it’s not bought scientists you need to worry about, but rather built ones.

A lot of industries will create their own fake science organisations and get them to write papers in support of whatever. These papers should be regarded as fake rather than false, as little science actually went into them if any.