I think that any use of the 'all in the head' label is unhelpful for advocacy efforts. It's really besides the point and less the PACE authors...
The way Bristol has been dealing with the problems around Crawley's work seems deeply shady to me. What's going on with them promoting her TEDx...
I wonder why they were so confident in claiming "a condition with such a high placebo response as CFS"? Could it be an indication that the...
I think Sharpe was talking about cancer related-fatigue... results look somewhat questionable there too, but I just thought I'd clarfiy that it...
I've never looked closely at this, but I was under the impression that the research available indicated that people were more likely to report...
I'm not saying I think he's a great guy, but my impression is that generally it takes journals longer than 3 weeks to agree to make a correction....
I'm not sure I've read that - you got a link to the abstract?
I don't think that he was 'forced' to make a correction. If the last decade has taught me one thing, it's that academic journals can get away with...
Ah... I think that I've lost track of this correspondence.
The piece's argument does seem utterly besides the point of the real controversies around Sharpe's work, so maybe most people will ignore it and...
I agree. As well as being critical of when they fail, worth recognising when people (assuming the correction is adequate) respond well.
I knew Greco rang a bell, as I said previously:...
Congratulations and thanks Mike!
Yes, although I think that it's important that advocacy is not unduly influenced by these sorts of hopeful anecdotes. In the past it has caused...
I would say a lot of scientists theories about ME are no more that a prejudiced reading of anecdotes and junk-science! So I'm setting higher...
But maybe he thinks he has some special criteria which means that the anecdotes he likes should be given particular prominence? I get the...
From 2012, but a reminder that the MRC were aware of the refusal to release PACE's prespecified outcomes back then, and took no action:...
Slight OT, but presumably that's the same M Hallet who is also working on the NIH's post-viral study: https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hallett
Maybe they did just want to send a quick reply to show that they'd received the e-mail before the authors assessed and discussed the concerns...
They've swapped from nonsense designed to appeal to foolish members of the public to nonsense designed to appeal to foolish academics.
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