This @sciam article is cringeworthy. For example: “And this is what’s most troubling: instead of taking shots at what’s in your fridge or nightstand, she could be using her platform to talk about...”
This is the “Why don’t you write about what *I* think is important?” gambit. 1/https://twitter.com/writingblock/status/1199677634218774534 …
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God, I hate the “Why don’t you write about what *I* think is important?” gambit. The only appropriate response is to tell the person to go F herself or this. 2/https://respectfulinsolence.com/2016/05/18/john-horgan-is-skeptical-of-skeptics-or-homeopathy-and-bigfoot-versus-the-quest-for-world-peace/ …
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It’s the sort of thing skeptics get all the time. It’s basically the one using it telling the writer that what *you* care about isn’t important and what *I* care about is. 3/
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But there’s a lot more annoyingly wrong about this, for example: “What irks her isn’t actually the manipulative capitalism of Goop, but really anything that undermines her authority as a physician...” That’s truly
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Apparently, the concept that a doctor might be upset by the selling of pseudoscience for large amounts of money completely eludes Ms. Block. So she paints Dr. G’s criticism of
@goop and@GwynethPaltrow as a celebrity feud fueled by Dr. G’s doctor-as-god complex.
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Here, Ms. Block defends vaginal steaming. I laughed. Just because you didn’t burn yourself trying it one time doesn’t mean that there isn’t a significant risk of a burn, as
@DrJenGunter states. 6/pic.twitter.com/ORAT4fzf2h
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Ms. Block should try this on for size: “There are, anecdotally, many parents who are convinced that vaccines caused their children’s autism. Are you really going to argue with them? Isn’t that called gaslighting?” Can Ms. Block tell me how Ross is different from what she did? 7/pic.twitter.com/LgampcQcFT
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How THIS is any different... Damn you, predictive typing!
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Whew! I thought “Friends” had gotten into the fray.
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