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

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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

      So as I was writing my @ScienceBasedMed post for today about how proponents of pseudoscience and alternative medicine attack @Wikipedia and @jimmy_wales with conspiracy theories, I was reminded of an old and strange lie about me. 1/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/woo-versus-wikipedia/ …

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

      Specifically, Gary Null claimed that he had "evidence" that I am a prolific and highly biased editor on Wikipedia. He didn't say which editor, but I think I know, as his attack reminded me of a strange claim made about me long ago. 2/ http://prn.fm/wikipedia-want-destroy-deepak-chopra/ …

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

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          It turns out that many years ago there was a claim made by antivaxers that a pseudonymous Wikipedia editor going under the handle MastCell was, in fact, li'l ol' me. I've dealt with this bit before on Twitter, albeit not recently. 3/https://twitter.com/gorskon/status/843413209876848640?s=20 …

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          David Gorski, MD, PhDVerified account @gorskon
          Holy crap. This stuff is still around? I will answer it in a handful of Tweets to follow. https://wikipediacritics.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/gorski-ii-explaning-mastcell-in-painful-detail/ …
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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          It's a claim that's been made by Mike Adams over on Natural News. Of course, Adams is not exactly known for his skill in doing reliable research. 4/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/behold-my-power-quacks-and-despair/ …

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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          So have fans of Dr. Rath, HIV/AIDS denialist. 5/https://www.dr-rath-foundation.org/2018/10/wikipedia-introducing-mastcell/ …

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        5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          Not surprisingly, Rath's fans think I'm a pharma shill being paid to anonymously edit his Wikipedia entry. This is, of course, utter nonsense. 6/ http://www.aidsorigins.com/sites/all/files/pdfs/Wikipedias_Strange_Certainty.pdf …

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        6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          If you want the gory details of the conspiracy theory—imagine me, having my own conspiracy theory about me!—here it is in painful detail. 7/ https://wikipedia-sucks-badly.blogspot.com/2015/11/mathsci-and-mastcell.html …

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        7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          The hilarious thing is that, apparently, the antivax and quack conspiracy theory that I am MastCell seems to be based on a snarky comment by MastCell when asked if he/she were me. 8/ https://wikipedia-sucks-badly.blogspot.com/2017/03/gorski-ii-explaning-mastcell-in-painful.html …

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        8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          Basically, someone asked MastCell if he were I, and he responded, "Well, I make it a point not to comment one way or the other on speculation about my IRL identity. But that would indeed be high praise. Besides, if a quack said it on the Internet, it's probably... true?" 9/

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        9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          Obviously, MastCell, whoever that is, was yanking the questioner's chain. That didn't stop a whole bunch of cranks from concluding that MastCell and I are one and the same. We are most definitely not. 10/

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        10. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          Let's just say that whoever does the "Wikipedia Sucks" blog ('nym: Strelnikov) is none too bright and quite credulous. 11/

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        11. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          I guess the same applies to Gary Null, although I suppose it's possible he thinks I'm a different pseudonymous editor of Wikipedia. Somehow I doubt it, though. 12/

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        12. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          After all, he sent me a nastygram from his lawyer telling me to cease and desist regarding articles from my blog and demanding that I tell Wikipedia to take down his bio—as if I had written it.😂 13/

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        13. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          He now has a FOIA request pending to look at my emails from my university account. Among his requests: Emails with @jimmy_wales. I was highly amused and also honored that he thinks I hang with such high company. 14/

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        14. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 14 Oct 2019

          In any event, thus endeth a little history lesson and exploration into a distant and little known bit of my past as a blogger, from long before I ever became so active on Twitter. I hope it amused you as much as it amused me. 15/15

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