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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.

Michigan, USA
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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 17

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted kill  🇵🇸 tim  🇵🇸 faust

      Hmmmm...https://twitter.com/crulge/status/1350292156922081284 …

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      kill  🇵🇸 tim  🇵🇸 faustVerified account @crulge
      vinay prasad's wikipedia page has been edited over a dozen times by an IP address from the UCSF campus. where, coincidentally, he's employed. here are some of the edits it's made pic.twitter.com/AGZOgoL9M0
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    2. Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH‏ @RMCarpiano Jan 17
      Replying to @gorskon

      Cringeworthy edits that are embarrassing for subject. But asking as someone w/o a Wikipedia pg: is it bad for a person to add updates to their pg? I can see this issue for many academics who don't have wide recognition. If anything, maybe shows his profile doesn't warrant a page?

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    3. Christina‏ @renissance_1 Jan 17
      Replying to @RMCarpiano @gorskon

      It’s mostly that he’s really bragging on himself and going back to childhood to do so. But no, if anything is wrong with your profile or you could expand data for it, I don’t think anyone would notice or mind.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH‏ @RMCarpiano Jan 17
      Replying to @renissance_1 @gorskon

      Yeah, he brings a lot on himself and his "brand" he tries too hard to cultivate, but the opening details seemed rather benign. But that latter stuff, omg. Reading that, I can only imagine how that manifests in faculty mtgs and committee assignments.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 17
      Replying to @RMCarpiano

      As I said, I think it explains a lot about his disdain for skeptics who deal with antivax lies and alternative medicine. After being a gunner ever since at least junior high, he voted such topics as beneath him.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 17
      Replying to @gorskon @RMCarpiano

      For those not familiar with medical school lingo, a gunner who is overly ambitious and driven to the point where he studies incessantly because only the highest grades will do and then makes sure everyone knows about those grades.

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 17
      Replying to @gorskon @RMCarpiano

      Gunners also have a tendency to throw other students under the bus and make life miserable for any student whom they perceive as a threat to their own success. We even have cartoons about gunners.

      6:08 PM - 17 Jan 2021
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        2. Christina‏ @renissance_1 Jan 17
          Replying to @gorskon @RMCarpiano

          Oh wow! So they actually go after other students too? That’s low.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH‏ @RMCarpiano Jan 17
          Replying to @renissance_1 @gorskon

          These ppl exist in PhD programs too (though that phrase is new to me). I've heard many horror stories. In my experience, you often don't hear abt them once courses/qualifying exams are done bc they have no orig. ideas of their own to develop a decent dissertation topic & graduate

          0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 17
          Replying to @gorskon @RMCarpiano

          Oops. Forgot the cartoons.pic.twitter.com/vzpfYBuJCT

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jan 17
          Replying to @gorskon @RMCarpiano

          Basically, Dr. Prasad shows every sign of having been a gunner.

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
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