'Plague of Corruption - Restoring Faith in the Promise of Science' - (p)review of book by Mikovits & Heckenlively

[TigerLilea]

'Plague of Corruption' was published by Simon & Schuster and would have been carefully evidence-checked by its lawyers.

I highly doubt that books are fact checked for accuracy before publishing. For example, look at some of the ridiculous self-help medical books that are published. If they were fact checked beforehand, they would never have seen the light of day.

 

[dave30th]

'Plague of Corruption' was published by Simon & Schuster and would have been carefully evidence-checked by its lawyers.

Actually, the original version, Plague, was published by S&S. The 2020 verion, Plague of Curruption, is published by Skyhorse, an independent publisher. Perhaps S&S didn't wasn't interested this time around. The idea that publishers are carefully fact-checking anything is a fallacy.

 

[Annamaria]

Actually, the original version, Plague, was published by S&S.

Sorry, my mistake.

 

[Annamaria]

I highly doubt that books are fact checked for accuracy before publishing. For example, look at some of the ridiculous self-help medical books that are published. If they were fact checked beforehand, they would never have seen the light of day.

Self-help medical books invariably include a disclaimer saying that they are not to be relied upon as medical advice!

 

[Annamaria]

Members have been in to the details of all this over a period of years.

I did search the forum for 'Mikovits' before posting. Was this in another place?

 

[Jonathan Edwards]

I did search the forum for 'Mikovits' before posting. Was this in another place?

Maybe everyone got bored with XMRV by the time S4ME was set up but many here discussed the issues elsewhere. I think there was discussion of XMRV on S4ME at one stage. Maybe the threads got put away because they raised so much bickering and very little science.

Edit: I had a look . There are plenty of threads including Mikovits.

 

[Trish]

This forum has existed for less than 3 years. Most discussion at the time of XMRV happened elsewhere.

Previous threads here referring to XMRV and Mikovits:

https://www.s4me.info/threads/question-concerning-xmrv.790/
https://www.s4me.info/threads/what-...vits-found-the-cause-of-chronic-fatigue.5569/
https://www.s4me.info/threads/plagu...review-of-book-by-mikovits-heckenlively.9751/

 

[Andy]

I did search the forum for 'Mikovits' before posting. Was this in another place?

This thread could be worth trying, Question concerning XMRV

 

[dave30th]

Sorry, my mistake.

They published the new book to look just like the old book with a similar title and capitalize on the fact that the earlier one was S&S, I would guess.