Trial By Error: A (Satirical) Field Guide to Conducting Biopsychosocial Research in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), 2025

[Chandelier]

A reader from Belgium sent me the following (satirical) paper she’d written for the “Journal of Entrenched Paradigms.” I found it entertaining, well-written, and on-target, and figured others would as well. It offers a sharp assessment of some of the favorite methodological strategies of members of the CBT/GET ideological brigades. I am posting it here with her permission.

Trial By Error: A (Satirical) Field Guide to Conducting Biopsychosocial Research in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH A reader from Belgium sent me the following (satirical) paper she'd written for the "Journal of Entrenched Paradigms." ...

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[Utsikt]

The worst part is that this is just the tip for the iceberg, as it doesn’t even cover the worst flaw of them all: combining subjective outcomes with open-label interventions.

Author Contributions

The lead author conceived, designed, and fabricated the manuscript. ChatGPT contributed substantially with rhetorical flourish and stylistic panache. Credit is due to BPS researchers, whose inexhaustible imagination informed this work. Both authors approved the final version, confident that it meets the highest standards of BPS scholarship.

«Both authors approved the final version» is *chef’s kiss*. The AIs are programmed to please you, not unlike BPS peer review..

Edit: just noticed «fabricated the manuscript»!

 

[Sean]

Very amusing, in a grim kind of way, and like all good satire also an accurate critique of the situation.

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