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The fake sex doctor who conned the media into publicizing his bizarre research on suicide, butt-fisting, and bestiality

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  1. vakieh
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    His website has picked the least damning part of the report (the research papers and how peer review != perfection) and totally ignored the rest. Insane to try this in such a massively regulated...

    His website has picked the least damning part of the report (the research papers and how peer review != perfection) and totally ignored the rest.

    Insane to try this in such a massively regulated field, it's crazy.

    7 votes
  2. satan
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    Wow, what a read. He really admits at the end how much of a con-man he is. His (falsified) career is over. Hopefully he will be charged for treating people without a medical licence. if he wasn't...

    Wow, what a read. He really admits at the end how much of a con-man he is. His (falsified) career is over. Hopefully he will be charged for treating people without a medical licence. if he wasn't lieing about that.

    6 votes
  3. Deimos
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    Om Malik made a post on his blog today talking a little bit about this story, and what it says more broadly about media and trust: https://om.co/2019/03/06/what-fake-doctor-says-about-modern-media/

    Om Malik made a post on his blog today talking a little bit about this story, and what it says more broadly about media and trust: https://om.co/2019/03/06/what-fake-doctor-says-about-modern-media/

    1 vote