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Feral - Apr 05, 2007 - 10:13 AM
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Analysis: So-called research that disgusts real scientists
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Anyone who logged on to PinkNews.co.uk this morning would have been shocked to read the headline that suggested homosexuals have a shorter life-span than smokers.
What's worse, the headline suggested that this was a scientific study.
Being a scientist myself, and having worked for one of the most reputed peer-reviewed medical journals in the world (the British Medical Journal) and learnt much about medical studies, I can now set the record straight.
Paul Cameron is not a scientist, and his so-called research is not valid.
The editor of the Student British Medical Journal he never "heard of Paul Cameron before today." Bizarrely, neither has PinkNews, it would appear -- a search of the site finds no reporting on either Cameron or the Family Research Institute. They really ought to know better.
They should be ashamed of this headline. They should be ashamed of reprinting Cameron's rubbish. They should be especially ashamed of reporting that this so-called research was "presented" at the convention of the Eastern Psychological Association.
It was not.
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The best part of this story is that Cameron put out a press release that suggests that he presented his latest research during yesterday's sessions of the annual Eastern Psychological Association Convention in Philadelphia. According to his press release, "Drs. Paul and Kirk Cameron told attendees of the Eastern Psychological Association Convention..." In fact, he did not present and was not on the agenda at this meeting. The fact is that he roamed the public corridors of the convention venue and "told" doctors about his research. Cameron was neither a registered speaker nor a member of the convention faculty.
Feral - Apr 10, 2007 - 11:31 PM
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Box Turtle Bulletin weighs in with it's own point by point debunking of this nonsense.
vanrozenheim - Apr 11, 2007 - 12:46 AM
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He participated in a poster session. And what is a poster session? Well, it’s just what it sounds like: a chance for participants to summarize their research findings on a poster displayed in a hall or conference room. People can enter, walk around, look at all the posters — there were sixty-six of them in this eighty minute session — ask a few questions, and move on to the next poster. That’s it. But it’s just enough of a cover for Cameron to hijack the reputation of the Eastern Psychological Association to enhance his usual bag of tricks.
Oh, here they are unjustly accusing Dr. Cameron of hijacking the reputation of that honorable scientific body... My experience with conferences suggests that noone simply can "hijack" a poster stand -- one is usually invited to the conference or submits one's poster weeks before for a review. The fellow scientists from the Eastern Psychological Association are to blame for their lack of attention, not Dr. Cameroon.
To prevent such incidents in future, the university which gave him his PhD could as well withdrow the title for unethical behaviour, right?
Feral - Apr 11, 2007 - 04:45 AM
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vanrozenheim wrote:
Oh, here they are unjustly accusing Dr. Cameron of hijacking the reputation of that honorable scientific body... My experience with conferences suggests that noone simply can "hijack" a poster stand -- one is usually invited to the conference or submits one's poster weeks before for a review. The fellow scientists from the Eastern Psychological Association are to blame for their lack of attention, not Dr. Cameroon.
Quite true... these poster presentations are submitted in advance.
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All poster submissions by associates require sponsorship by a current EPA member. If you receive an email asking you to sponsor an associate’s submission, please respond promptly. As a sponsor/advisor, your name will appear on all submissions that you sponsor.
Members do not require sponsorship.
The deadline for submissions for this conference of March 23, 2007 seems to have been November 15, 2006.
The Eastern Psychological Association is much more of a willing participant than a hijacked victim in this matter. They clearly count Cameron among their members and just as clearly accepted his proposed poster presentation after ample time (not weeks but rather months) to review it. Box Turtle Bulletin is of the view that the abstract submitted for the poster was deliberately misleading. I don't know how exculpating this sort of deception is expected to be though.
Feral - Apr 15, 2007 - 09:30 AM
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AmericaBlog and Pam's House Blend both have pieces up about Mr. Cameron.
American Family Association, Family Research Council, and Concerned Women for America disseminating Nazi-esque science of known "hate group"
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How sad that the far-right Republicans are now embracing known hate groups in order to further their homophobic agenda.
"CAMERON'S 'SCIENCE' ECHOES NAZI GERMANY"
Yes, they're now promoting extremists who have been labeled "hate groups" by THE expert on hate, the Southern Poverty Law Center. Amazing. SPLC lists religious right hatemonger Paul Cameron's Family Research institute as one of the lead hate groups in Colorado - SPLC lists Cameron's FRI alongside the Klan and white supremacists. SPLC says that "Cameron's 'science' echoes Nazi Germany." That's how bad it is.
Junk scientist Cameron darling of right wing anti-gay organizations
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One example of this publish-and-retract tactic by the gay-hating organizations was documented by The Boston Globe in a piece called "Beliefs drive research agenda of new think tanks."
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Cameron's work is controversial even among conservative groups. For example, the Traditional Values Coalition claims to speak for 43,000 churches. For three years, the coalition has quoted Cameron's studies on its website in an article headlined, ''Report Shows Homosexual Foster Parents Apt To Molest Children," and has told its membership to ''read and distribute Dr. Cameron's report."
But when The Boston Globe asked the Traditional Values Coalition last week about Cameron, the group responded within minutes by removing all references to Cameron from its website. The group's spokeswoman, Daniella Lopez, said Cameron's research had been ''mistakenly" put on the website. She would not say why the group thought it was a mistake to publicize Cameron's research.