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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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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Oct 2019

    So it appears that a certain Very Eminent Rising Star in Oncology (VERSO) is still dropping snide comments about how countering alt med and antivaccine pseudoscience is a worthless waste of time and too easy to be worth the effort of his massive brain and talents. 1/

    11:44 AM - 31 Oct 2019
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    • transplantrockstar Kausik ~Doctor Girl 👧🏽 Jesse Luke 💊🧠 Sound of AAAAAAAAA Rosewind QisforMorons Jasna Badzak Joseph “Dr. Joe” Thomas, MD
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      2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Oct 2019

        VERSO is also gloating that three days after the original kerfuffle he's still seeing outraged Tweets in his mentions taking him to task for his dismissal of the value of countering alt med misinformation and how that tells him he must have scored a direct hit. 2/

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      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Oct 2019

        There was a time when I thought that way a bit too, but I eventually learned that high intensity of response to criticism is not a reliable indication that the criticism was valid. Yet this VERSO equates the two, and is very self-satisfied. 3/

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      4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Oct 2019

        Here's the problem. A high intensity angry response to criticism COULD mean that the criticism was devastatingly spot on and hit home. That must be conceded. However, it could ALSO mean that the criticism was way off base, offensive, and insulting. 4/

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      5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Oct 2019

        Here's the second problem. You can't tell the difference, at least not easily. The difference isn't obvious between a high intensity angry response to valid criticism that hit very close to home versus brain dead off-base criticism that was offensive and insulting. 5/

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      6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Oct 2019

        The humble, when confronted with a violent backlash to his criticism of someone or something, will engage in a bit of self-reflection and ask himself: Was this backlash because I was so very, very right, or was it because I was so very insultingly wrong? 6/

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      7. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Oct 2019

        The arrogant, of course, will automatically and instantly conclude that the backlash was because he was so devastatingly correct, with zero self-reflection,. He will often express great satisfaction over the reaction to the point of gloating about it. 7/

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      8. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Oct 2019

        I learned this lesson—eventually. Perhaps VERSO can too one day. He is young. Or, if he learns of this little Twitter thread, he can view it with great satisfaction as one more indication of how very, very brilliant and correct he was. Which will he choose? I fear I know. 8/8

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      9. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 31 Oct 2019

        Thanks to an old favorite @cuttlefishpoet for saying it even better than I could have!https://freethoughtblogs.com/cuttlefish/2015/02/17/how-i-know-im-right/ …

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      2. Nanea Taylor‏ @Nanea_T 31 Oct 2019
        Replying to @gorskon

        Countering alt med and antivaccine pseudoscience can help save lives. How could one ever think that *that* is a worthless waste of time?

        2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      3. Dr. Tara C. Smith‏Verified account @aetiology 31 Oct 2019
        Replying to @Nanea_T @gorskon

        His toady claims he knows of no one actually harmed by pseudoscience. So, it's all good.

        3 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
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