Originally Posted by mithawk
Howler,

I recognized the name as well, but couldn't place it. What was the hack bit he published a few years ago?

BMJ. 2008. I'm still not exactly over my angst that BMJ even saw fit to publish what was essentially the ranting of a petulant parent, albeit from the pen of a Harvard professor who used his connections and credentials to get it into print.

It was appallingly ill-informed, (and frankly, I personally consider it extremely unprofessional to have used one's credentials that way) and a fair number of actual expert researchers and physicians in the field slapped him pretty hard in response, but the damage was done. The media latched onto the original because it was so--

provocative. Seems to be a trend. whistle


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.