But the most general and comprehensive takedown (I want to call it “trenchant,” but I’ve never used the terms “trenchant,” “tendentious,” or “disingenuous” in my life, so I don’t want to start now) comes from from this guy who edits a medical journal in England. He took a look at this Surgisphere controversy and drew some important general conclusions:

The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid exploratory analyses, and flagrant conflicts of interest, together with an obsession for pursuing fashionable trends of dubious importance, science has taken a turn towards darkness. As one participant put it, “poor methods get results”.

и ведь это было очевидно еще лет 25 назад.