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So looks more like an off-hand remark that probably coincided with the Reuters report, didn't bother digging at all, just repeated it casually assuming it's true. It's not even a convincing argument since it even misrepresents what trolling is, something that is done by people who don't care one...

Those are all aspirational and do not describe real things, just things they wish they were able to do. It reads like a comedy sketch on pseudoscience-based medicine.

Well, there goes the "cBT Is ALso uSed fOR cAncER" line.

This is so damn pathetic. How are people not embarrassed enough to bury this putrefied corpse and let it rot there where it belongs? Decades of doing the exact same 2 pieces of research with small variations, loads and loads of speculation and poor attempts at justifying that it's not the...

The ideology that lead to it, however, is pretty much in complete control. The document may have been withdrawn but the people who think it's great are still there, believing the same BS and trying to find ways to have the same outcome without being so blatant about it. We certainly know all...

It's truly the involvement of clueless people like this that ruins everything, impairs progress and maintains magical thinking. Listen to those few handfuls of people who say something that somewhat supports my beliefs and ignore the thousands and thousands all over the world who I disagree...

This is a BS reply. Could have just said "F off", same message.

There was local news from Edmonton about the research network. Not as good as the CBC report but the facts are OK. A local researcher was interviewed. "Chronic fatigue" again, though. Ugh. In French but Dr Moreau did an excellent interview on a CBC radio show (whose name is a seriously great...

What's weird is that for PACE they simply noted their transgressions and had them approved in secret. It worked then and was cleared on the basis that it was all reported and so the transgressions magically become irrelevant, can't see why not do it the same way again. Hubris, maybe? After all...

What's there to learn? The people most responsible, especially Horton, didn't even get any blame. That's about as clear a green light to do it again as it gets. Not much surprise that there so many similarities.

Turns out the complaints were vexatious and unfounded. In other words: lies. Who could have seen this coming? :whistle::rolleyes: The claims of harassment were also vexatious and unfounded, a tribunal actually scolded them. Not exactly paragons of integrity, or even seemingly capable of basic...

May every year of this be bigger than the last, until it is needed no more. I got shit to do and stuff, as we do all. This sick thing is really not all it's cracked up to be, at least according to some weirdos' bizarre ideas about the "sickness role", whatever that is.

TL;DR: violations are A-OK and requirements are optional.

What a lazy argument. Science is never settled. That's what makes it successful. And there is no need to demand access to data when it is openly shared, especially when it is mandated by contractual obligations and public funding. The PACE authors made it difficult because they had something to...

Uh, odd framing, that opioids are ineffective. Of course they are, they just bring many other problems in. Like anti-depressants, and yet they are still handed out using those shirt cannons at sports events. So opioids are not a panacea, but of course they are still effective at reducing pain...

Despite spending too much time on Twitter and following some of those who commented, I missed this thread yesterday. So always good to post them here, especially when there are requests for more information. I added two articles.

Many excellent comments. Thanks to those those who contributed.

€ £ $ ¥ And so on. That's it. Some people see the savings and fund research that bring them more savings. Mostly motivated by the insurance industry, which is humongous. Nevermind that it's vastly more expensive overall, but that never stopped anyone from making selfish choices.

Ah. Yeah. The logic of "I'm not an expert but here's my opinion as an expert" is quite something. As if this were any more complicated than it is. No doubt the author would absolutely rail about the very same methodological flaws if he found them elsewhere. A child could understand the problems...