Monthly Archives: September 2019
The Moral Case Against Projecting Pathological Certainty
By Joe Norman. “Simply, in cases where there is vast scientific uncertainty and there exists the potential for severe harm to people and/or the environment, it is deeply immoral to project an image of science-backed certainty when adopting an advisory role to the public at large.”
Self-Grooming: How Pedophiles Neutralize Their Inhibitions
On May 24, 2019 Dr Jordan B Peterson posted on Facebook: “Did you know that about 20 years ago the American Psychological Association published a paper showing that most people who were sexually abused as children recovered with very little psychological damage? This is an unsayable truth. …” Dr Peterson had previously spoken of our […]
Evaluation of spin in abstracts of papers in psychiatry and psychology journals
“Over 50% of trials published in top psychiatry/psychology journals contain spin in the abstract.”
The diet-microbiome connection in inflammatory bowel disease
“The authors say the findings offer hope for better dietary therapies for IBD, perhaps ones that deliver “good” bacteria such as C. scindens or C. hiranonis while suppressing disease-associated species.”