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Some things never change: Ridiculous attack on the surgeon author of an article on scientific gatekeeping

Let’s just say, 1) the author goes on at some length and 2) readers may find it useful to know that gate defenders are out there and some of them would appear to have a lot of time on their hands.

Posted on April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 Author News Comments(7)
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A surgeon protests scientific “gatekeeping”

Singer: “… a problem arises when some of those experts exert outsized influence over the opinions of other experts and thereby establish an orthodoxy enforced by a priesthood. If anyone, expert or otherwise, questions the orthodoxy, they commit heresy. The result is groupthink, which undermines the scientific process.”

Posted on April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Author News Comments(11)

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