How Conspiracy Theories Work
Arguing with believers about the merits of a pet conspiracy theory is ordinarily a waste of time. It's too easy to ignore or discount any evidence that contradicts their beliefs.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 7, 2021 | In the News | 0 |
Arguing with believers about the merits of a pet conspiracy theory is ordinarily a waste of time. It's too easy to ignore or discount any evidence that contradicts their beliefs.
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 21, 2020 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 20, 2020 | In the News, Public Health | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 16, 2020 | Addictive Substances, In the News | 0 |
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by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 20, 2018 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
More likely the hope is to increase awareness of the risks, and encourage drinkers to limit consumption.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 16, 2018 | Public Policy | 0 |
So if some enterprising MD or PhD were to show with a proposal for research designed to prove that drinking has definite health benefits, the industry will throw money at it.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 7, 2018 | Addictive Substances, Public Policy | 0 |
Sometimes powerful business leaders sound like drunk drivers or corner drug dealers. Rationalizing, externalizing, minimizing…
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 3, 2018 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
After all, you can’t afford to stop selling it. That’s not how you get promoted. What you need is science that seems to confirm your biases.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 29, 2018 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
CDC gives cigarettes credit for more than 480,000 deaths a year, in the US alone.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 16, 2017 | Public Health | 0 |
The issue isn’t about getting stoned. It’s about whether the product is actually benefiting the customer who purchased it.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 1, 2017 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
Our goal is to reframe the discussion in a way that supports rather than undermines change.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 6, 2017 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
We need the knowledge and skill to evaluate claims of effectiveness as medical treatments– for instance, to determine whether the research that supports that claim is solid, or if it’s unreliable.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 23, 2017 | Families, People in Recovery, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
It’s an illness that at different times seems to respond to everything and nothing. As in ‘everything works for someone, and nothing works for everyone.’
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 28, 2016 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 1 |
It’s the sort of evidence that convinced authorities to greatly expand access to opioids for chronic pain patients.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jul 11, 2016 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
If Ginormous Study #1 happens to be flawed methodologically, those errors will carry right over into the meta-analysis process.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 12, 2016 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
In an effort to make them sexier, research findings may be misstated or misinterpreted.
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