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January 4, 2013
Science Fraud and Legal Action
Posted by Derek
There have been occasional links here in the comments to Science-Fraud.org, although I'm not sure if I ever linked them directly or not. Note the use of the past tense: as detailed here at Retraction Watch, the site has suddenly gone (mostly) dark under threats of legal action. Nothing appears on the Wayback Machine at archive.org, either.
I'm not all that surprised. I've said unkind things about people and organizations on this blog, but Science Fraud seemed to have that pedal pushed down to the floor the entire time. And while I've had threats of legal action, I think that I've managed to stay just this side of defamation, although with some people that's hard to do. (I mean for that to be interpreted both ways - both that it's hard to avoid saying nasty things about some people, but also that in such cases, it's hard to think of things that are nasty enough to be defamatory). But which side of that line Paul Brookes, the now-public U. Rochester scientist behind the Science Fraud site, has landed on is still up for debate. More as this story develops. . .
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1. fat old man on January 4, 2013 11:49 AM writes...
As I drill down one of the links I see a reference to Ben Goldacre as some kind of good guy. I just want to point out that his 2008 book 'Bad Science' has a chapter skewering the pharmaceutical industry that is based on erroneous information on how the industry works. It sounds like he is an expert but it is clear to anyone with any experience in the business that he does not have a clue. Since this post is about something else I will stop there, but I'll be glad to elaborate.
Permalink to Comment2. Another Derek on January 4, 2013 8:14 PM writes...
Looking at your "threats of legal action" internal link I saw Nativis, and looking at www.nativis.com a few minutes ago I saw a one-page website touting Nativis Voyager, "a medical device that replaces standard chemotherapy with specific low level radio frequency energy (RFE)", said to be "in veterinary clinical trials to treat naturally occurring solid tumors in canine patients". So much for the 2010 IND.
Permalink to Comment3. Wesley on January 15, 2013 9:01 AM writes...
@Fat Old Man...Ben Goldacre is right about pharma. Of course the industry says he doesn't know what he is taking about, because they are committing the science crimes.
Just go to a prison and ask for a guilty person..
Permalink to Comment4. Lindsay on February 25, 2013 8:07 PM writes...
"fat old man": Please do...
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