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This is so like the debate over trickle-down (or supply-side, whatever) economics. The justification for why it fails is always that the tax cuts for the wealthy just weren't large enough. You just haven't done it big enough for it to work. Never mind the budget crisis / suffering it will...

I would think that anyone with a genuine good faith interest in psychosomatic medicine would actually be very motivated in excluding research that is decidedly not about psychosomatic patients. I'm sure psychosomatic illness can be real, just not at the scale that are believed and that the...

I think it's possible he has a different homebound cohort but for my part I went to the hospital, which itself is definitely demanding in energy, but otherwise they understand the limitations of patients. The nurse is there the whole time and asks some questions at the beginning and throughout...

When a clinical criterion is several standard deviations worse than a coin toss, it's... evidence-based science! Apparently. They're really not considering how absurdly bad this will all look with hindsight.

I think someone needs to provide citation for their claim. How "standard" procedure is it for papers to be fast-tracked simply by having submitted a trial protocol? Because that would be incredibly broken since it seems to suggest that all you'd need to do is submit the protocol and benefit...

I have made an early draft and would appreciate some feedback, especially in the naming names department. This will be sent only to the relevant Reuters editor so it likely will not be made public but there are people here concerned and I may have missed a few salient details. This is early but...

Sick people do less than healthy people and that impacts their lives, shocking news report from the Bloody Obvious at 11

The SMC have clearly failed in their responsibilities as a charity here. Of course we can't know that without peering into internal discussions but leading a smear campaign as a distraction to legitimate concerns of flawed research is not in the public good. Wessely is clearly abusing his...

I will write a letter to the Reuters editor. Not sure how long it will take but will try to have it done quickly. I will put it here for feedback when I have a first draft. The reporter and editor of this story need to provide evidence of their claims. We know there aren't any so they need to...

So there's a lot of strongly negative reaction to the framing of the Reuters article. They sure did a good job of preempting and the irony is certainly not lost on them that as they have been bullying us for years, they managed to get other people to bully us by claiming we are bullying them...

Gerada repeated many of the baseless tropes and some reminded her that as a very high-profile public figure and medical professional she cannot make wild accusations and conspiracy theories without consequences. Fitting that in that thread she talked about power needing accountability...

They are far from tactical geniuses. They are only reacting to a situation that has spiraled out of their control, something they are not used to. The parallels with Trump are amazing. Sometimes heavy-handed overreaction is just that and there is nothing deeper to it. Good point. It's clear...

The immediate hostile reactions from most medical professionals indicate their reputation would end up better if they caved in to the researchers because it's all a matter of belief and the narrative of "powerful activist groups" is definitely being taken at face value, even with Tovey's quote...

Can't even have the decency to acknowledge her own conflicts of interest and bias while whining about fake bias.

It's got to be a bit embarrassing to be a critic of poor science and professional skeptic and find yourself having defended obviously fraudulent science, especially in the midst of a massive crisis of replicability and specific claims about this research precisely failing on poor methodology...

Just like those darn diabetic patients so resistant to sugar. They will sometimes literally refuse to take any! Why don't they just enjoy it like the rest of us normies?!

Seeing that they seem to suggest that being on a waiting list is a passive treatment, I'm gonna go and suggest that they don't think much of the intelligence of patients, or have wildly unrealistic ideas about what patients want out of health care. "You're on a waiting list! Don't you feel...

Peterson is a treasure trove of stupid statements and ideas and one was something like aggressive male behavior is normal and natural because look at how lobsters are naturally aggressive in their mating. Maybe I got it wrong, doesn't even matter, it's all just nonsense. The guy just loves to...

About 20 years ago. Their legacy will reflect this and the class action lawsuits will be huge and numerous. But the main culprits aren't the researchers, it's the enablers, those who knowingly fail at their basic duties in the face of harmful pseudoscientific crap and blatantly fraudulent...

:facepalm: Of course Sharpe would be a fan of "lobster" Peterson.