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@Bill Thanks for your comments. No harm done, and I accept that we can disagree about whether those particular phrases were an unwarranted personal attack. Thanks for raising the issue. As I said, I think about any criticism. In this case, were I to do it again, I would likely have made a...

He cites the theory of "central sensitization," as do his recent papers. He acknowledges that this concept is a hypothesis. The purported mechanism through which GET is presumed to work is that it "desensitizes" people to exertion by gradually increasing it.

Ok, can we calm down here? On a positive note, I'm now on a flight from Melbourne to Adelaide--who knew Qantas has free wifi? What a cool surprise! Anyway, I'm used to criticism so it's not a big deal for me, and I've been called much worse than "asshole." I listen when people criticize me and...

Bill, I understand your point, but here's some context--In approaching him initially, I wrote that I was likely to be critical and offered him a chance to respond to any criticism. He wrote back that he was unfussed by any criticism and therefore didn't respond to it unless it was criticism of...

well, we all have our perspectives. You're right that I could probably have made my point in a softer way, but I really think "character assassination" is a bit strong in this case. In any event, it's hard to spend a few hours listening to people uniformly telling me they've been harmed by what...

Hi, Bill--I'm sorry to hear that you're embarrassed by me. I guess one could describe what I wrote an ad hominem attack, but it seems pretty mild to me, at least from my American perspective. I would say that someone who routinely calls himself the "leading light" of anything should be prepared...

Yes, I was very encouraged to see that even at U. of Tasmania there is interest in advancing biomedical research. The neuroscientist had trained at Oxford and knew my buddy Michael Sharpe but was 100% on the non-BPS side of the issue. He said he had definitely sensed a change in attitude toward...

I'll ask Berkeley if Pay-Pal is an option. I didn't realize credit cards were an issue. It's been my policy not to take money directly from anyone. That doesn't feel right somehow.

Thanks, @Binkie4, I feel privileged to be able to work on this project.

Thanks for all the support, folks! I think it's in the nature of these things for donations to wax and wane. I specifically asked for the default lowest donation to be changed from $25 to $10, like I did last year, because I know many people want to give but are living on very little and $10 is...

In terms of last year's overage of almost $12,000, yes, that helped me determine the ask. But the main reason is that $72,000, give or take, is really what I need to cover the 50% costs. When I started off asking for $60,000 last year, I knew I was under what I needed by a few thousand dollars...

Hey Esther12--that specific commentary did not come up but we did talk about his citing of PACE in his work and his attitude toward PACE and related studies. I will report on this later on.

well I had actually thought about that myself!

Ha! The university picks the dates. It doesn't really matter if people see it or if others jump in. I'm just not going to post on Facebook or Virology Blog or Twitter until the first.

good idea. I can't see where to edit the title...

The soft launch has started. The hard launch is on April 1st--that's when Berkeley formally announces all the campaigns. We're supposed to generate some interest by discretely sharing out links without posting it all over the universe yet. So here's mine...

I think now that the groundwork is there, other press coverage would help. Either by me or by others. I am trying to figure that one out now. Maximum public embarrassment is the only thing that will work.

Peter, I don't know. You only have to read the school absence paper to see it's not service evaluation. In the open peer review, a BPS colleague raised serious questions about the lack of ethical review. Crawley gave absurd non-answers, which I pointed out in my first post about the issue. The...

No, but I'm gay, and I think both Denzel and Idris are very sexy.

I'm going for either Denzel Washington or Idris Elba to play me.