Emil O W Kirkegaard

Yikes, these views are so depressing and stuck in the Dark Ages. Is it possible (I guess it is) that you’ve never heard of the Alliance for Taxpayer Access? Empowering people with access to knowledge and information is valuable. Physicians shouldn’t feel threatened by it!

I worked in low income East London. Routinely patients bring in print outs. I think you underestimate people. Also, when parents have a sick kid, they often become experts in that condition very quickly. We really want to block access to peer reviewed papers from them?

Every data and argument given to him results in a "stuck in dark ages", "yikes", "patronizing", "shocking" etc. Judging from this reaction, open access to technical literature probably won't benefit him much either.

And yet neither of you have even read the extensive research which Gavin has performed to make a strong case, and we have indicated multiple times, and instead used your personal views to support your arguments. Please end this thread until this changes, or remove me from it.

Some things are difficult to measure. I know I've used medical papers available on the internet many times. Has anyone polled me about this? No. A lack of evidence is not evidence against, either.