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Shifting goalposts, shifting stories
Posted by Orac on February 19, 2010
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On Wednesday, Steve Novella did a nice analysis of the recent study showing that signs of autism can be detected as early as six months of age. However, it was flawed by one clear misstatement, which was brought to his attention in the comments and which he then promptly corrected. Not that that stopped our…
Andreas Moritz and trying to shut down valid scientific criticism: A sine qua non of a quack
Posted by Orac on February 19, 2010 What is it with cranks and trying to shut down criticism? I know, I know. I’ve written about this before, but this week has been a banner week for a phenomenon that I consider a sine qua non of a crank or a quack, namely an intolerance of criticism. Seemingly, whenever a quack or a…