David Gorski is one of most appalling assholes in the universe. Anyone who has been "reading around" since early 2020 cannot doubt that. If I ever met him in person I would slap him. To my mind Geert Vanden Bosche described him perfectly as an "illiterate little weasel."
"... get a sense of whether entire fields project a false picture of certain levels of quantitative expertise by members of their field."
Yikes! Are you inferring that published papers - say, in medical fields - use arcane statistical algorithms applied to cherry-picked data to give p = .04113547, hence claiming victory?
Nov 25, 2022·edited Nov 26, 2022Liked by Mathew Crawford
Is Gorski wrong by mistake or purposefully? Does he know he's wrong? Oncologists are well programmed and very sure of themselves. This is because they charge outrageous amounts in a field with a record of continual failure.
They're not known for their honesty, which would have them informing patients their treatment is worse than nothing, and recommending Dr. Thomas Seyfried, Dr. Zsófia Clemens, or Dr. Colleen Huber who are far less expensive and far more effective.
Gorski blocked me on Twitter after I pulled him apart on his. Predictions. Then he loyal followers began on me. One particular immunologist-can’t recall his name, bit with me. I had as much fun with him as I did with Gorski. I am hoping the twitter amnesty is real, as I will look for our old conversation. It was hilarious, he hates being called a tit surgeon
An excellent commentary, humbling I might add. Thank you.
From each according to their ability, to each according to their understanding; we find our audiences and they find us.
The 'Science-Based Medicine Blog' (SBM) I once visited many years ago. I have given it away since. I noted there was a significant reasoned push back, but the descent into unpleasantness appeared evident. It may be worth noting that SBM is not Evidence Based Practice, whose tenets embrace fully informed consent and patient preferences. The differences are to an extent intimated in the distinction made between patient centred and patient centric care.
Here is something completely anecdotal, very soon after HCQ I felt my fever break and all the more harsher (flu like) symptoms go away. Didn’t feel that with IVM.
I agree absolutely about the idea of challenging credentialism and verifying who we can trust. I don't understand at all how you can have lived through the last 3 years and still just blindly accept that a PhD after someone's name means they have any idea what they are talking about. I left early from a hard science PhD program (and you won't find me adding a M.S. to my title like a lot of really sad officials) and let me tell you, at least half of the people in my program were blithering idiots
Thank you for writing this. SBM.org can't be further away from the tenets they purport to champion "Exploring issues & controversies in science & medicine". I am not surprised that Dr. Gorski is an oncologist.
Proxy trust is all I have when wading through complex issues. Since this pandemic erupted, is has been increasing difficult to trust ”authority” based on their track record. It is obvious to me that our institutions have been captured.
Mathew, do you have any plans to address statistics behind pcr testing (like the popular SHIELD testing in Illinois schools)? It was presented to parents as a golden standard with virtually no chance of false positives. I can provide some background on this if you are interested.
David Gorski is one of most appalling assholes in the universe. Anyone who has been "reading around" since early 2020 cannot doubt that. If I ever met him in person I would slap him. To my mind Geert Vanden Bosche described him perfectly as an "illiterate little weasel."
"... get a sense of whether entire fields project a false picture of certain levels of quantitative expertise by members of their field."
Yikes! Are you inferring that published papers - say, in medical fields - use arcane statistical algorithms applied to cherry-picked data to give p = .04113547, hence claiming victory?
I'm glad I'm an electrical engineer. Most days.
“The Gorski Memorial Challenge”
Is Gorski wrong by mistake or purposefully? Does he know he's wrong? Oncologists are well programmed and very sure of themselves. This is because they charge outrageous amounts in a field with a record of continual failure.
They're not known for their honesty, which would have them informing patients their treatment is worse than nothing, and recommending Dr. Thomas Seyfried, Dr. Zsófia Clemens, or Dr. Colleen Huber who are far less expensive and far more effective.
Gorski blocked me on Twitter after I pulled him apart on his. Predictions. Then he loyal followers began on me. One particular immunologist-can’t recall his name, bit with me. I had as much fun with him as I did with Gorski. I am hoping the twitter amnesty is real, as I will look for our old conversation. It was hilarious, he hates being called a tit surgeon
An excellent commentary, humbling I might add. Thank you.
From each according to their ability, to each according to their understanding; we find our audiences and they find us.
The 'Science-Based Medicine Blog' (SBM) I once visited many years ago. I have given it away since. I noted there was a significant reasoned push back, but the descent into unpleasantness appeared evident. It may be worth noting that SBM is not Evidence Based Practice, whose tenets embrace fully informed consent and patient preferences. The differences are to an extent intimated in the distinction made between patient centred and patient centric care.
Gorski's reply to Didier Raoult is disgraceful.
Here is something completely anecdotal, very soon after HCQ I felt my fever break and all the more harsher (flu like) symptoms go away. Didn’t feel that with IVM.
I agree absolutely about the idea of challenging credentialism and verifying who we can trust. I don't understand at all how you can have lived through the last 3 years and still just blindly accept that a PhD after someone's name means they have any idea what they are talking about. I left early from a hard science PhD program (and you won't find me adding a M.S. to my title like a lot of really sad officials) and let me tell you, at least half of the people in my program were blithering idiots
The thing about math/stats is that BS gets you nowhere when in the company of someone who knows.
"It's definitely not your first rodeo talking about how it's not your first rodeo. I respect that."
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Mat--im very happy youre on our side. Youre a savage. Keep up the good work and god bless.
Thank you for writing this. SBM.org can't be further away from the tenets they purport to champion "Exploring issues & controversies in science & medicine". I am not surprised that Dr. Gorski is an oncologist.
Proxy trust is all I have when wading through complex issues. Since this pandemic erupted, is has been increasing difficult to trust ”authority” based on their track record. It is obvious to me that our institutions have been captured.
Surprised he hasn't blocked you. He's pretty thin-skinned.
Mathew, do you have any plans to address statistics behind pcr testing (like the popular SHIELD testing in Illinois schools)? It was presented to parents as a golden standard with virtually no chance of false positives. I can provide some background on this if you are interested.