Esther Crawley's presentations (excluding the 2017 TEDx talk)

[Amw66]

No doctors we know who could attend ? Given the wealth of systematic tweaking that characterizes many of EC' s trials , this would be interesting - is this the norm, or an anomaly for this illness?

 

[Revel]

Who will she be "defending medical science" against, I wonder? Vexatious patients??

 

[Alvin]

If she is going to cover her "research" then she is going to use alternative facts and claim its medical science?
Is there not some sort of ethics board that regulates her profession and credentials?

 

[Revel]

Oxford English definition of "post-truth":

"Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief".

Won't this mean that Crawley will be on the wrong side of this debate, given that she bases her work on her own personal belief of CFS rather than the objective facts (aka biological research)?

 

[Amw66]

"Meet the Professor Sessions
Meet the Professor Sessions will be held on Wednesday, May 30 and Thursday, May 31 between 07:00 and 07:50. There is no need to register for these sessions. If the room is full you may need to choose to attend a different session. "

"Participants are encouraged to submit educational or controversial cases to one of the Meet the Professor sessions (see session list below) by selecting the relevant abstract topic and sub-topic (click here to view the list), and by selecting the stream: Case Report or Case Series during the abstract submission process ."

"What the PID doctor needs to know Chronic Fatigue "

http://espidmeeting.org/2018/scientific-information/meet-the-professor-sessions1#.Wku2XrhizCM

Note " Chronic Fatigue" not CFS

 

[TiredSam]

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Who will she be "defending medical science" against, I wonder? Vexatious patients??

Nice of them to lay on a bit of satirical entertainment in the evenings, these conferences can get rather boring otherwise.

Oh, hang on, it says Plenary Sessions - Program Highlights - so they're going to try and discuss this during the day with straight faces and without a hint of irony?

Good luck with that. Hope no-one in the audience googles EC during her star turn - the top result is from Bristol Uni, the next 8 are heavily critical. Maybe they'll disable the internet during her talk this time so that she can maintain her charade.

 

[Esther12]

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Who will she be "defending medical science" against, I wonder? Vexatious patients??

That is outrageous.

 

[Sean]

Kafkaesque doesn't even come close.

 

[Jonathan Edwards]

I thin

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Who will she be "defending medical science" against, I wonder? Vexatious patients??

I think Dr Crawley might already be regretting volunteering for this.


There is an old saying: Anything you say may be taken down in a notebook and used as evidence.

 

[Invisible Woman]

I'm really hoping you're keeping that notebook under lock and key @Jonathan Edwards! It sounds too valuable to lose!

 

[Alvin]

I thin


I think Dr Crawley might already be regretting volunteering for this.


There is an old saying: Anything you say may be taken down in a notebook and used as evidence.

But where is this evidence being used?

 

[Sly Saint]

Anything you say may be taken down in a notebook and used as evidence.

or recorded/copied and posted all over social media

 

[chrisb]

Eureka. Now I see that the use of the Sunday Times mock-up was legitimate defence of science in the post-truth era.

Such a shame we have not moved with the times. Or even the Sunday Times.

 

[Sly Saint]

 

[TiredSam]

Think about the family and children benefits

and threaten to have them withdrawn and the children sectioned if everybody doesn't do what Esther says.

 

[TiredSam]

It's important to summarize complicated messages like we would when talking to a family or child that is our patients

"... that is our patients" is a phrase that cannot correctly exist in the English language, especially in a sentence about summarizing complicated messages.
Fish in a barrel. Can't be bothered.

 

[Inara]

Think about the family and children benefits when you are talking about science and research says

...someone who loves power and influence over others and fears to loose it...

 

[Arnie Pye]

@Sly Saint I'm confused about the tweet from John Kopsidas (who I've never heard of before). What point is he making? What is he for or against?

 

[large donner]

I'm really hoping you're keeping that notebook under lock and key @Jonathan Edwards! It sounds too valuable to lose!

It must be as complex as Bob Monkhouses jokebook by now.

 

[arewenearlythereyet]

"... that is our patients" is a phrase that cannot correctly exist in the English language, especially in a sentence about summarizing complicated messages.
Fish in a barrel. Can't be bothered.

Oh go on ...if you pick me up on misspelt words you can certainly have a go at the fingers poor use of grammar ?