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Charles Arthur's avatar

"It is, shall we say, unlikely there is a significant piece of published research that isn’t available in English that was excluded from the search" - I seem to recall a statistic that something like 95%+ of papers on the topic are in English. (Might even have been in a Cass SR itself?) I suppose there could be others from non-English speaking countries (Thailand??) but it's hard to think they're doing rigorous studies that aren't in some way replicated in English-speaking countries, or would have been published in English for easier impact.

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Andrea's avatar

That was some read.

Thanks for taking the time.

I do wonder, how did all this managed to get so much traction that even now it seems very difficult to stop, let alone reverse? Ok, the echo chamber effect is clear, but you still need help from someone to reach out effectively.

I think a lot of people (Theresa May for example) were just naïve and they went along with it (as you say in your previous article about people refusing to believe), but to get to that point you will still have needed help. Probably by then the movement had reached enough inertia to carry on regardless.

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I do wonder, what do you do in "real" life? Where else can we read what you say? I find it surprising you are not on TV or the papers, especially because you say you are a real person (unlike, say, Effie Dean ;) )

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