Principia Scientific International (PSI) website

Sly Saint · Apr 8, 2023

the about blurb

Principia Scientific International is legally registered in the UK as a company incorporated for charitable purposes. We are a ‘Community Interest Company’ overseen and regulated by Companies House.
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We serve the public interest in providing educational resources freely in the fields of scientific inquiry. Principia Scientific International CIC is about transparency and truth; the only publishing international science association shunning political advocacy and defending the traditional scientific method, as extolled by Karl Popper.

The essence of genuine scientific inquiry shall exemplify the sui generis, or the abiding maxim that goodness is indefinable and exists in science only insofar as the pursuit of truth ought to be our abiding goal.

Our members feel a moral duty to preserve the traditional methods of open scientific inquiry free from persecution, ridicule and censure.

NEW RENAISSANCE OF THE TRADITIONAL SCIENTIFIC METHOD
The Association is indebted for its name to Sir Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica that signaled the modern legacy of the English Scientific Method, often shortened to just the traditional Scientific Method. But also we give thanks to British philosopher G. E. Moore and his 1903 book Principia Ethica that cautioned us as to the dangers of the ‘appeal to nature’ and the indeterminate construct of moralism; thus objective science is best served searching for truth rather than ‘goodness.’

RECLAIMING A SCIENTIFIC LEGACY
Over the past two decades there has grown a widespread perception of increased corporate and governmental meddling in science; disenfranchised specialists have sought to be heard in the one forum not yet entirely constrained by the gatekeeping mentality of self-serving politicians, media and publishing outlets: the Internet.

With the Internet as our main, but not exclusive, medium of operation we shall redress the balance and by our strength in numbers, advance the work of science authors and advocates seeking to distribute important new ideas/theories untainted by subjective ideology. To achieve our goals it is essential for us to seek to form a large, international subscriber-based association whereby those of talent and merit In this cause may receive this association’s technical, financial and moral support.

OUR MAIN FUNCTIONS:
PSI aims to promote best scientific practice in the community; to defend the interests of the members, to educate specialists and non-specialists about new theories and refinements in best practice; to disseminate amongst our members, domestically and internationally, news and views for the betterment of their knowledge and performance.

Our specific objectives include:

Promoting the broadest possible dissemination of impartial science information untainted by politics or corporate interest in as many languages and to as many nations as possible

Advancing independent, non-affiliated scientific discoveries unencumbered by political ideology or corporate financial interest.

Providing impartial scientific advice and evidence to international policymakers, news outlets and the general public

Being a cost effective ebook publishing service to our members at preferential rates for their personal and career advancement

Offering financial support either by grant or loan, to authors in science who we believe have potential to advance the association’s core values

Discouraging inappropriate or unconscionable scientific methods by exposing them where they are proven to exist

Publicizing our successes via the Internet and mainstream media as appropriate (including television, books, radio, film).

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https://principia-scientific.com/principia-scientific-international-psi/

The Essential Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Published on April 7, 2023

Written by David Charbonneau

very long and largely from a US angle but makes a few UK references, although no mention of the NICE guidelines.

this bit

The ME Association

Though this is a UK organization, it provides useful resources for dealing with CFS, postviral fatigue, and long COVID. The organization has been in operation since 1980; in some ways, treatment and research of CFS are further along in the UK than in the United States since the disease has been historically treated with less skepticism there.
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huh?

https://principia-scientific.com/the-essential-guide-to-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/

not recommended.

too much to go thro but re exercise:

Some research has suggested that a program of graded exercise therapy (GET) can benefit patients, but an entire issue of the Journal of Health Psychology was devoted to calling this approach into question. The question of whether exercise is good for patients—and if so, how much—is still an unanswered question, as evidenced by ongoing research at the Mayo Clinic.
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The link takes you to
A Study of Post-exercise Fatigue in Patients with ME and CFS
https://www.mayo.edu/research/clinical-trials/cls-20535403
lead researcher is

Courtney M. Wheatley-Guy, Ph.D., is an exercise physiologist whose research passion also revolves around exercise. Through her work, she aims to demonstrate that exercise is effective medicine for a variety of diseases and to identify the optimal dose of exercise to improve patient outcomes
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https://www.mayo.edu/research/faculty/wheatley-guy-courtney-m-ph-d/bio-20150601

I haven't searched for any more info on this trial (that seems to have stopped recruiting?).

Shadrach Loom · Apr 8, 2023

I can’t help feeling that the blurb doth protest too much. Surely it’s overkill to invoke Popper, Newton and Moore?

Hutan · Apr 8, 2023

The whole things seems a bit weird and dodgy.

The essence of genuine scientific inquiry shall exemplify the sui generis, or the abiding maxim that goodness is indefinable and exists in science only insofar as the pursuit of truth ought to be our abiding goal.

Our members feel a moral duty to preserve the traditional methods of open scientific inquiry free from persecution, ridicule and censure.
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Goodness might be hard to define, but it doesn't mean that we shouldn't try. Pursuit of truth is definitely not the only goal; censure and restriction are necessary sometimes. There are lots and lots of experiments that should never be done.

NelliePledge · Apr 8, 2023

https://principia-scientific.com/why-psi-is-proposed-as-a-cic/

Info about people involved in this…

Wyva · Apr 8, 2023

NelliePledge said: ↑

https://principia-scientific.com/why-psi-is-proposed-as-a-cic/

Info about people involved in this…
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I haven't checked everyone but a lot of the listed people seem to be strongly supporting the idea that global warming has nothing to do with the greenhouse effect. And the whole thing really reads like an advertisement for them "debunking" the theory.

bobbler · Apr 8, 2023

NelliePledge said: ↑

https://principia-scientific.com/why-psi-is-proposed-as-a-cic/

Info about people involved in this…
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Scanning through the first one I recognised the name of was Piers Corbyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Corbyn

I hesitate to make assumptions based on one individual member of course, and only really know that from certain recent 'campaigns'

The name of the organisation itself rings a bell with me, maybe it is from way back when and don't really know what for, I mean if I stumble over it then I'll have the aha moment but ..

Kitty · Apr 8, 2023

Weather Action’s Piers Corbyn is widely regarded as the world’s leading independent long-range weather forecaster.
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bobbler said: ↑

I hesitate to make assumptions
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I wish I had your restraint!

SNT Gatchaman · Apr 8, 2023

Not all our eminent scientists, engineers and related experts wish to publicly declare their affiliation with our organization, but below is a selection of those who do.
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I think that tells us all we need to know.

Trish · Apr 9, 2023

I started reading a few of the biographies. It seems the common thread is climate change skeptics.
I won't waste any more time on this.

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