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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. Merkin Muffley‏ @MerkinMuffley5 Jul 20

      Jesse Singal cracks the case wide open: Abigail Shrier never used the phrase "woke gender ideology"* ** *She does, however, use the nonsense phrase "gender ideology" 31 times without bothering to explain wtf it is. **Also this was corrected before publication.pic.twitter.com/pmwXmD3Brr

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    2. Thomas 'no nouns but pronouns' (he/him) 🌈‏ @unbrokencocoon Jul 20
      Replying to @MerkinMuffley5

      What a weird gotcha move. Like so what if she didn't use that phrase. It's classic goalpost moving and saying 'trust the science' despite not citing any scientific evidence Research narcissism - I know the science, everyone else doesn't, they don't really read the data

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    3. Merkin Muffley‏ @MerkinMuffley5 Jul 20
      Replying to @unbrokencocoon

      Right, I think that's the sort of thing a diligent editor should catch, but Singal just seems to be deliberately trying to rack up a tally of minor errors to distract from the huge problems with Shrier's book.

      2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 20
      Replying to @MerkinMuffley5 @unbrokencocoon

      Indeed. He's weaponizing pedantry to an extent that I've never seen before, but even by antivaxxers.

      5 replies 1 retweet 12 likes
    5. Power Creek‏ @powercreek Jul 20
      Replying to @gorskon @MerkinMuffley5 @unbrokencocoon

      I'm an editor, and you're just wrong here. Your review describes as "oft-recited" a term that the book never uses even once. It's the kind of carelessness with facts made by an aggressive advocate, not a scientist engaged in the disinterested pursuit of truth.

      2 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
    6. Merkin Muffley‏ @MerkinMuffley5 Jul 20
      Replying to @powercreek @gorskon @unbrokencocoon

      Shrier uses the phrase "gender ideology" 30 times in the book, describing it as "radical", "cult-like", and a "social contagion". I don't think anyone disputes the word "woke" shouldn't have been inside quotation marks, but does this change her thesis in any meaningful way?

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    7. Power Creek‏ @powercreek Jul 20
      Replying to @MerkinMuffley5 @gorskon @unbrokencocoon

      That's not my point. My point is that Singal has pointed out what seem in fact to be numerous careless errors in the review. The right response is to acknowledge, explain and correct those errors -- not to launch a stupid counterattack.

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 20
      Replying to @powercreek @MerkinMuffley5 @unbrokencocoon

      And we did correct them and explain. However, that's not enough for him. His technique is to look for minor errors that do not change the strength of the main points and try to use them to claim that the main points are wrong. I mean, geez.

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon Jul 20
          Replying to @gorskon @powercreek and

          Singal also went after our blogger for saying that Shrier wrote "radical trans ideology." OK, They didn't use that *exact* phrase. We corrected the phrase to phrases she DID use, like “extreme gender ideology” and “radical gender ideology.” What's the difference? Who knows?

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        3. Power Creek‏ @powercreek Jul 20
          Replying to @gorskon @MerkinMuffley5 @unbrokencocoon

          I think it would be more accurate to say Singal went after your blogger for having a LOT of careless errors that could have been easily avoided with even a minimum of rigor.

          1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
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        1. Rindent‏ @Rindent10 Jul 22
          Replying to @gorskon @powercreek and

          Not all were minor. For example, his assertion that you provide no links/sources for the 'countless' interviews demonstrating fidelity to trans standards of care. There were others, too. You've provided these links somewhere, then?

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