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How is this a problem? Do we live in a free society or not?
Can we raise the standard of criticism in a community dedicated to science to scientific integrity & facts rather than throwing mud? These objections look like the latter & that wikipedia article isn't panning out your claims.
Pretty frivolous, no, to claim a book qualifies as IRB-regulated research & to self-anoint oneself as subject of it? Worse to present the accusation as credible by filtering out all the relevant information. More omissions:
Regarding case evaluation letters
Ironically, those accusations seem to mirror what you're doing:
Misleading, antagonistic rhetoric of this sort is antithetical to the expectations of a community that purports to support science & is worthy of the strongest contempt. Not linking to the article doesn't seem accidental. By attempting to mislead us, you've also wasted our time. You & your upvoters are an utter disappointment: we should expect a focus on science, not on throwing mud.
Conveniently ignoring when I gave my opinion. "Cancelling" is just free speech about white dudes. No need to white knight for him.