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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 Jan 6

      It's always worth emphasizing: Science deniers ALWAYS need a conspiracy theory to explain why science rejects their preferred “alternative” ideas. Science denial is thus ALWAYS rooted in conspiracy theories. Always.

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    2. Bryan Adams, PhD‏ @lotusctr Jan 6
      Replying to @gorskon

      what about just plain bad science?

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    3. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc Jan 6
      Replying to @lotusctr @gorskon

      Usually evidence of “bad science” is used to argue “see the scientists are hiding stuff”. Seems to always come back to the conspiracy

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 6
      Replying to @auscandoc @lotusctr

      Exactly. Science deniers ALWAYS need a reason to explain why science rejects their ideas and “challenges” to scientific theory. That reason will ALWAYS involve one or more conspiracy theories. Always.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 6
      Replying to @gorskon @auscandoc @lotusctr

      Basically, any time someone has tried to show me a form of science denial that they claim doesn’t involve a conspiracy theory, either it turns out not really to have been science denial, or I could find a conspiracy theory behind it.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Bryan Adams, PhD‏ @lotusctr Jan 6
      Replying to @gorskon @auscandoc

      To clarify, you do differentiate between science denial and challenging a finding based on bias or poor methodology correct? Bias and conspiracy theory can easily be conflated...

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    7. Bryan Adams, PhD‏ @lotusctr Jan 6
      Replying to @lotusctr @gorskon @auscandoc

      ... For example, if a company claims a patented herbal formulation they sell cures metastatic melanoma based on a study they funded but the methodology otherwise seemed standard, I can say that I don't believe it due to the high risk of bias, rather than the methodology itself...

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    8. Bryan Adams, PhD‏ @lotusctr Jan 6
      Replying to @lotusctr @gorskon @auscandoc

      ... that's different than a conspiracy theory that nutraceutical companies are evil or something and lie just to make money because Bill Gates owns it and wants to control the world... Because both results are the same, but recognizing bias to me is legit science.

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    9. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc Jan 6
      Replying to @lotusctr @gorskon

      Oops .. should have given you a chance to finish. Sorry. Certainly recognizing bias is legit.. confirmation bias maybe but I’m unable to think of COVID denial themes (PCR false positive, they died with not of COVID, anti-mask, antivax etc) that are legit science “arguments”.

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 6
      Replying to @auscandoc @lotusctr

      All of them involve conspiracy theories. All of them.

      5:55 PM - 6 Jan 2021
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