tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post7048494243848819776..comments2024-03-14T23:52:09.893-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: This Is Your Brain on Additional CritiquesThe Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-33422100259504786052007-11-24T13:38:00.000-08:002007-11-24T13:38:00.000-08:00Thanks for the link to that Nature Editorial, I di...Thanks for the link to that <A HREF="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7169/full/450457a.html" REL="nofollow"><I>Nature</I> Editorial</A>, I did see it the other day. Here's a choice quote:<BR/><BR/>"Articles on <I>The New York Times</I> op-ed pages are opinionated by definition, and shouldn't normally require peer review. But here, the paper's editors have instead published the results of (to put it mildly) questionable scientific research, disseminating this information to millions of their readers who may not have the background to recognize for themselves the absurdity of some of the authors' conclusions."The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-26140307240614456012007-11-24T12:38:00.000-08:002007-11-24T12:38:00.000-08:00Well, besides the scathing letter from your peers,...Well, besides the scathing letter from your peers, I would say this editorial in Nature is about as definitive a smackdown as you can get...<BR/><BR/>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7169/full/450457a.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-42805490700418821882007-11-17T00:05:00.000-08:002007-11-17T00:05:00.000-08:00Perhaps another anonymous commenter will leave a t...Perhaps another <A HREF="http://neurocritic.blogspot.com/2007/11/this-is-your-brain-on-bad-fmri-studies.html#c7580413684995138913" REL="nofollow">anonymous commenter</A> will leave a tip about the signatories... No insights about who approved the original piece at the <I>Times</I>, either.The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-72991200319530276292007-11-16T23:46:00.000-08:002007-11-16T23:46:00.000-08:00More fascinating than the list of 17 people who si...More fascinating than the list of 17 people who signed this letter would be the list of people who *refused* to sign it. I am kind of hoping that would be a null set, outside of the people who wrote the op-ed.<BR/><BR/>Of course, a lot more people would have signed it than did sign it because they were never given the chance. But I really wish everybody had been given the chance so I wouldn't have to wonder why Dr. X did not sign it.<BR/><BR/>I also want to know who at the Times green-lighted the original piece; does anybody in Neurocritic Land have an idea?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com