Steven PinkerVerified account

1. Whilst I agree with some of the frustrations described, great fallacy here is assumption that all researcher are as virtuous as him.

2. IRBs also have a duty to uphold scientific integrity. Some description (eg discarding data) suggest IRB was correct to have reservations

@mileskimball @slatestarcodex they do, then they decide on their diagnosis. But not all drugs work on all people, & so misdiagnosi

@mileskimball @slatestarcodex mental illness, we have doctors prescribing drugs, like lithium for bipolar, to see if they work. If

@mileskimball @slatestarcodex leading questions to confirm their biases. Until we have drug/brain scan test to verify organic men

@mileskimball @slatestarcodex to unscrupulous doctors. Once harm is done, it often can't be undone. As for Psych ?, Drs often ask.

@mileskimball @slatestarcodex At what point is regulation unnecessary. At what point do you expose patients, often helpless patien

Impressive use of hyphenation in the lede. Bravo!

Steven, weren't you singing the praises of IRBs recently? And while this may all be true, is it in any sense representative?

@slatestarcodex kafkaesque!

Woo SSC getting the love it deserves. You've made it Scott!

Great satire but hardly "all true" in the real world.

I know: had to jump through all of the IRB hoops for my Master's Research Project which involved actual students doing a class assignment!

yeah, it's all true. though just a few months ago you were using IRBs as an example of the great moral progress we have made.