This is what we want to know…what AIM thinkers think.
]]>Thank you, Rich.
]]>Is this quoted article in AAAS’s flagship publication, Science — science or politics?
Fact-checking Judy Mikovits, the controversial virologist attacking Anthony Fauci in a viral conspiracy video
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/fact-checking-judy-mikovits-controversial-virologist-attacking-anthony-fauci-viral
1- Science has had corrupted articles in the past:
Editor at Journal ‘Science’ Doubles Down on Double Standard
https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/02/12/editor-journal-science-doubles-down-double-standard-14569
AAAS Runs Dishonest Glyphosate Story, Then Deletes It. Is Politics to Blame?
https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/02/05/aaas-runs-dishonest-glyphosate-story-then-deletes-it-politics-blame-13786
2- Science supports the consensus, but is that really good science?
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) – Media Bias Fact Check
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science-aaas/
AAAS always supports the consensus of science. For example, in 2006 they wrote “The scientific evidence is clear: global climate change caused by human activities is occurring now, and it is a growing threat to society….The pace of change and the evidence of harm have increased markedly over the last five years. The time to control greenhouse gas emissions is now.”
Overall, AAAS is a Pro-Science source that promotes the consensus in all matters. (D. Van Zandt 10/5/2016) Updated (8/25/2019)
Promoting the consensus is fine, up to a point. But, what if some outstanding and rigorous research comes up with issues that poke holes in the consensus? How does AAAS’s Science handle that?
3- The whole scientific journal process is eroding its integrity.
Science Is Suffering Because of Peer Review’s Big Problems
https://newrepublic.com/article/135921/science-suffering-peer-reviews-big-problems
The future(s) of open science – Philip Mirowski
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306312718772086
4- I have listened to Judy Mikovits and she seems to have a great deal of integrity. Does that make it true? No. But the initial article, at the start of my comments, from Science, seems more like a set of political statements, like mud-slinging without facts, like accusations without any examples to back the accusations up.
the Best,
Rich Pack
Human Retroviruses and Chronic Disease –
https://youtu.be/gCY1LlzLXew
https://youtu.be/rhZETbXCqCM