1. Selflessness Holders of public office should act solely in terms of the public interest. That rules out 99% of human beings then. Can anyone...
I think that whether I was too harsh or not really depends on exactly how AfME seek to gather further information. From their history, I think...
I'm not a fan of the AfME statement. [edit: Maybe I was too hard on that statement because AfME have been so bad at asking tough questions to...
The more decent people on the committee the better, but at the same time, this is already a busted flush, and any guidelines this committee...
Regardless of who the other members of the committee are, some of these members just are not fit to serve. That they were appointed makes it look...
And Nater U is probably the most ridiculous quack I'm aware of. So a bunch of people who want careers from poor research into this stuff got...
It shouldn't take this long!
It say I need an account before I can see it.
Yes. Also, as I wasn't clear on this I thought I'd say that I meant 'cautious' as in: trying to ensure that every little claim we make can be...
That's pretty besides the point.
I'm sure those null results will start getting rare once people have realised they can get away with Crawley's trick of 'pre-registering' half way...
Thanks for all those notes Dolphin. I struggle to remember the details of just PACE, nevermind all those other trials too.
I wasn't defending Blakemore's view at all, just suggesting cautious language on the matter of causation, particularly given all the prejudices we...
Nah that would only happen in a world where the truth mattered.
There's no good reason to think that ME/CFS is a psychological, but the cause of ME/CFS hasn't been established yet, and it's worth being cautious...
Their responses were posted on the Cochrane review, along with Courtney's comments.
They already had good justifications for withdrawal. Larun choosing to behave badly again may have helped put political pressure on Cochrane, but...
The following comes from a sleep-deprived and grumpy brain: Courtney's comments were submitted in 2016. Larun got away with BS responses then....
Wessely?
We're not really able to apply pressure here - Wessely and his mates are. We can draw attention to the problems with Larun's work and behaviour,...
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