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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 10h10 hours ago

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Jonathan Howard

      This applies to *all* pundits regardless of topic or profession, actually. An interesting (I hope) anecdote follows. 1/ https://www.mcgill.ca/science/outreach/archived-science-talks/webcasts/trottier-symposium/2010 …https://twitter.com/JHowardBrainMD/status/1425786396153978882 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      Jonathan Howard @JHowardBrainMD
      It seems that excessive media exposure is problematic for some docs. Once they’ve publicly staked out a position- such as Covid is going away or kids are perfectly fine- they can’t backtrack for they can’t backtrack from that and risk losing the interviews and attention.
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    2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

      in 2010 I was invited by @joeschwarcz to speak about cancer quackery at the Trottier Symposium in Montreal, with @bengoldacre, @michaelshermer, and James Randi. It was a huge honor to me. 2/

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    3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

      The night before the symposium, there was a roundtable discussion with a lot more guests than just the main speakers. 3/

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    4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

      One part of the discussion that I remember (and will always remember) was when someone (I forgot who) said that pundits are chosen to appear on roundtable talking head shows based on how confident and certain they appear in their opinions and how concrete those opinions are. 3/

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    5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

      Basically, the idea is that on these shows (and their radio counterparts) nuance is penalized. If you are too nuanced, if you change your mind in response to arguments, if you, in effect, back down too easily, you won't get invited back on these shows. 4/

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    6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

      The reason is that it's all about the drama, the "debate' (argument, really). It's not about getting closer to the truth (or even just accurate conclusions). It's about the conflict. That doesn't mean that you have to be an obnoxious a-hole, just concrete and immovable. 5/

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

      Not being a media professional in that area, I didn't know how accurate this was, but the assertion rang true. 6/

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

          Just watching talking pundit shows on @CNN, @FoxNews, @MSNBC, etc. sure did make me think that these shows value pundits who stake out concrete, easy-to-understand positions and then don't budge in the face of disconfirming arguments and data. 7/

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

          Of course, incentives of wanting to be invited back aside, there's also the human tendency, once one stakes out a position and becomes publicly known for it, to defend that position to the death and be very, very reluctant to change in the face of disconfirming evidence. 8/

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        4. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

          In the era of #COVID19, I think back to that roundtable discussion 11 years ago and see it as prescient. So many of these COVID contrarians do exactly what was described. I'm not saying they do it intentionally (although no doubt some do). 9/

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        5. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

          Rather, they find themselves invited on these shows because of their contrarian positions, with more invitations the better known they become. As they become better known, it gets harder and harder for them to admit that they might have been wrong. 10/

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        6. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 10h10 hours ago

          What if news actually rewarded more nuanced takes? What if it wasn't about the conflict or the "interesting" or "radical" contrarian take on #COVID19? Where would we be now? 11/11

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