11-19-2021, 05:36 AM
I started watching another youtube video from the same guy but I couldn't believe what a tosser he is, so I stopped watching. I'll force myself to go back to it later maybe.
His aim was to debunk a BBC article and his first gambit was to mock the journalists.
He then takes a swipe at the study that was the basis for the article as the lead author was a 'student' (although he begrudgingly acknowledged the other authors seem to be well qualified). Given that the study was about documenting the evident duplication of patient data and evident fraud in preprints and the refusal of the authors of other preprints to reveal their data, what the hell has that got to do with the price of fish in China. But he says that using the word fraud isn't nice, so there.
Reality check: what a self-own! If I turned up to have an operation and Nurse Johnnie was going to be my anaesthetist or surgeon, I'd be off like a shot. And the "student' was a doctoral candidate, and it's safe to conclude he'll match Nurse Johnnie's Ph.D very shortly.
His aim was to debunk a BBC article and his first gambit was to mock the journalists.
Quote:On a completely separate matter, I've had a bit of a bad tummy lately, I must say. I'll tell you what I'm going to do, I'm going to a journalist to get it properly diagnosed. They'll know what's wrong with me. Can you imagine it: you're going for an operation and someone walks up to you wearing green scrubs and says' "I'm Mr Smith. I'm a journalist and I'm going to be doing your anaesthetic and this is Mrs Patel, she's the journalist and she'll be doing the operation." I don't think so! These people are journalists, and as far I can see they're just journalists; they're not science graduates, they're not doctors, and yet they seem to have this great wisdom they kindly bestow on the rest of us, so that's nice ...
He then takes a swipe at the study that was the basis for the article as the lead author was a 'student' (although he begrudgingly acknowledged the other authors seem to be well qualified). Given that the study was about documenting the evident duplication of patient data and evident fraud in preprints and the refusal of the authors of other preprints to reveal their data, what the hell has that got to do with the price of fish in China. But he says that using the word fraud isn't nice, so there.
Reality check: what a self-own! If I turned up to have an operation and Nurse Johnnie was going to be my anaesthetist or surgeon, I'd be off like a shot. And the "student' was a doctoral candidate, and it's safe to conclude he'll match Nurse Johnnie's Ph.D very shortly.