David Gorski, MD, PhDVerified account

@gorskon

Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

Joined October 2009

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    Jun 9

    RIP, Bailey. You were a very good boy. The best boy.1/

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  2. I never realized that my Tigers have social media game.

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  3. So the trolls calling this "medical fascism" have found their way into the comment section. Same as it ever was...

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  5. I’m predicting he’ll be sharing and TrialSiteNews links before the end of the year and Natural News links by the end of next year.

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  6. This is the situation in too many hospitals.

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  7. 23 hours ago

    Breaking: Thousands of hospital administrators from across the country are heading to Florida to assist overwhelmed hospitals. “We heard the call and we answered. We’re all in this together and the pandemic isn’t going to administrate itself!” -Dirk Gruntwhistle, MHA

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  9. Sure thing, antivax anonymous troll. Sure thing.😏

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  10. I have. But, then, quacks like Hyman have been a study of mine for the last 20 years. You should sample some of Deepak Chopra’s profundity.😂

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  11. With electricity out at home, while I’m at work (with power to charge my iDevices) I think I’ll take a moment to bask in the adulation of one of my fans.😅

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  12. What if news actually rewarded more nuanced takes? What if it wasn't about the conflict or the "interesting" or "radical" contrarian take on ? Where would we be now? 11/11

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  13. Rather, they find themselves invited on these shows because of their contrarian positions, with more invitations the better known they become. As they become better known, it gets harder and harder for them to admit that they might have been wrong. 10/

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  14. In the era of , I think back to that roundtable discussion 11 years ago and see it as prescient. So many of these COVID contrarians do exactly what was described. I'm not saying they do it intentionally (although no doubt some do). 9/

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  15. Of course, incentives of wanting to be invited back aside, there's also the human tendency, once one stakes out a position and becomes publicly known for it, to defend that position to the death and be very, very reluctant to change in the face of disconfirming evidence. 8/

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  16. Just watching talking pundit shows on , , , etc. sure did make me think that these shows value pundits who stake out concrete, easy-to-understand positions and then don't budge in the face of disconfirming arguments and data. 7/

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  17. Not being a media professional in that area, I didn't know how accurate this was, but the assertion rang true. 6/

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  18. The reason is that it's all about the drama, the "debate' (argument, really). It's not about getting closer to the truth (or even just accurate conclusions). It's about the conflict. That doesn't mean that you have to be an obnoxious a-hole, just concrete and immovable. 5/

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  19. Basically, the idea is that on these shows (and their radio counterparts) nuance is penalized. If you are too nuanced, if you change your mind in response to arguments, if you, in effect, back down too easily, you won't get invited back on these shows. 4/

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  20. One part of the discussion that I remember (and will always remember) was when someone (I forgot who) said that pundits are chosen to appear on roundtable talking head shows based on how confident and certain they appear in their opinions and how concrete those opinions are. 3/

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  21. The night before the symposium, there was a roundtable discussion with a lot more guests than just the main speakers. 3/

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