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I was hoping for a remix of all the FFEMALES! uttered by Ferengi on the show but, alas, no one volunteered to do it, yet. The attitude is so similar to how most physicians think of us. Well, that and apparently reacting like they are facing a velociraptor and backing... away...slowly... do not...

There really needs to be a pushback on those misleading numbers. No matter what way they cut it, the psychosocial "research" is psychological research, not medical. It doesn't make any difference that it was funded by the MRC, it is not medical research. Spending money on BS research that is not...

Time to put out a record of this. Unfortunately the biggest obstacle is precisely the threat of retaliation. I have seen so many hints of this pattern of intimidation but always reticent to come forward because of direct threats. Careers are directly threatened for those in the UK. Outside it's...

Another in a clear pattern of intimidation:

This is much worse. It's a clear pattern of intimidation and abuse of public trust because they abused the influence of the offices they held for personal reasons. It's a serious offence considering it seems to be systemic, that every critic is an immediate target of intimidation and personal...

Hmmmmm....

Ah... Michael Sharpe. Truly Michael's Sharpe biggest critic. If only he had an ounce of self-reflection he'd even understand it.

Interesting statistic from Keith Geraghty: 95%+ of large psychological studies reported statistically significant results: This is statistically... stinky. Literally impossible. There seems to be no internal criticism within the field, everything is significant and beneficial. It seems no one...

And fortunately we have the trial meeting group notes where the PACE team agree on the steps they need to take (and will take) to prepare the data so it's ready to go whenever they are dragged kicking and screaming into doing what they have refused to do for years, despite the HRA's pathetic...

I'd say it's probably the reason she was given the go when she applied to do the review. Whatever Tovey might say, of course placing the disease within the common mental disorders means exactly that. The whole thing started from the conclusion from the late 80's and worked its way to fabricate...

How widespread is quackery within medicine?! Why does it seem to be everywhere? There is no amount of maths or linguistic gymnastics that will make arguing how many angels can dance on a hairpin fall within the realm of science. There is absolutely no shortage of serious research paths, why is...

That's going to be quite a reckoning for Cochrane. As a charity, it is supposed to be dedicated to the welfare of its beneficiaries, something which has massively failed with us. Their work have lead to serious harm, something that is well-known but batted off simply because it is impossible for...

Yikes. That makes for a pretty rough start, then.

It's weird how something that explains so much past mystery is met with a shrug of indifference. People inexplicably fainting has long been a fascination and subject of much psychologisation and speculation. Well, there it is, a lot of it may be explained by this pathology or something close to...

The ongoing (and largely ignored) crisis of replicability certainly suggests things haven't improved. In fact, it's critical for the MUS project to succeed that standards be kept as low as possible, as it is not an area of research that can withstand any independent review. PACE has normalized...

And in doing so exposed themselves to liability, as they are basically saying they gave proper approval to deliberately biasing research and cherry-picking. There is no reasonable explanation for approving lowering the primary endpoint below the entry point and absolutely no reasonable...

Reality has a way of asserting itself. Right now the pressure is building but the more resistance they put into it, the more explosive the backlash will be. There is a lot hanging and it's largely political will that keeps the levee from breaking but it will and it will be spectacular. It's...

Larun lodged a complaint against Caroline Struthers for sharing an article critical of PACE. Damn, this vexatious gang is really big on the whole harassment thing. This seems like projection once again. Can we get a full tally of who they tried to fire or lodge complaints against? It's really...

I can't even wrap my head around the twisted logic here... Requesting data for independent analysis, something which the PACE authors claim to provide, is proof of bias? How does anyone think Sharpe is a credible person when he keeps saying stupid things like that and registering ridiculous...

Probably not much. Rubbish like this is cheap. Quantity > quality.