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  1. Evan Harris nailed "doctors' doublethink" - Faculty of H'paths (MD h'paths) CHOOSE 2 BELIEVE h'pathy is not just placebo - bugger evidence
  2. Heh- nice Freudian slip, DC. RT @david_colquhoun "NICE tells clinicians what is *god* value all the time!" #evcheck http://bit.ly/5knGeJ
  3. If Milgrom, Fisher & Treuherz R their A-team they really R a busted flush RT @Blue_Wode 'H'pathy Under Attack' http://bit.ly/86TdCt #evcheck
  4. It is not enough for an "expert" to be CREDENTIALLED - they must also be credible (in specific context) AND not talking obvious bollocks
  5. @bengoldacre @gimpyblog @jackofkent: re double standards: also for "experts" - e.g. Saint Andy Wakefield vs Paul Offit /Steven Bustin
  6. .@Jackofkent So - 2 strive 4 more understanding is right - but 1 has 2B aware there will B some1 who has more expertise.. & hence CONTEXT
  7. .@Jackofkent (contd) But - if Q arises on detailed "vaccinology" know 2 read what DeeTee says (on @mjrobbins blog) as he is "expert expert"
  8. .@Jackofkent e.g. I know more science./medicine than JABS nuts. So may correct obvious errors/lies e.g. at CiF. But am not "vaccine expert"
  9. .@Jackofkent Re (ii) ability 2 tell who knows More/Less than you v. important in science (& other fields!) Problem of SELF-STYLED "experts"
  10. .@Jackofkent Re (i) expert (e.g. you) explains: SO now I know more about law than B4 (good) PLUS I can see that you know more than me
  11. .@Jackofkent 2 points: (i) expertise and explanations (by expert) SHOULD go together & (ii) degree of expertise ALWAYS relative.
  12. @Stephen_Curry Dr Kaplan v. fond of sound of own voice. Smug intellectual conceit & blind spots remind 1 of L Milgrom http://bit.ly/6i8CVP
  13. Famously verbose medical homepath insists he & folk like P Fisher honestly believe in tooth fairy - so are NOT lying: http://bit.ly/6i8CVP
  14. Of course - global warming = less white Christmases.. RT @carmenego RT @mjrobbins: Nick Griffin 2 attend Copenhagen http://bit.ly/4u75aC
  15. Sorry 4 tweeting twice - haven't quite got hang of rules on replies, global replies, dots@ etc. Anyone know good twitter glossary / guide?
  16. .@lecanardnoir Lewith on fibromyalgia reminds me of GP mate saying re homeopathy: "Imaginary medicines are v good 4 imaginary illnesses"
  17. George Lewith on fibromyalgia reminds me of GP mate who once told me re homeopathy: "Imaginary medicines are v good 4 imaginary illnesses"
  18. Carefully DESIGNED 2B that way, surely? RT @david_colquhoun Re: 2morrowsDoctors 2009 "Mainly..vacuous statement of the bleedin' obvious."
  19. YOUTUBE Comedy Gold (literally) from tireless homeopathic loon Dana "DUllman" Ullmann - was Moses 1st homeopath? http://bit.ly/81DHpH
  20. George Lewith now sounds just like typical lay CAM therapist; knocks conventional medicine, glosses over dafter excesses of CAM types