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Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 15 controversies, including “1983–1985: arrest and conviction for heroin possession, probation and early termination following treatment” and “2005–2026: persistent promotion of a vaccine-autism link contrary to scientific consensus”.
15 controversies · 18 sources1 conviction
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 14 controversies, including “Santa Clara serology study: sampling bias, statistical uncertainties and funding debate” and “Great Barrington Declaration and 'Focused Protection' strategy”.
14 controversies · 32 sources
Business and billionairesScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “2005–2010: no-poaching agreements between Google and other technology companies under his leadership” and “2006: Schmidt defends censored version of Google in China”.
13 controversies · 22 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Conflict with AIDS activists over trial access, followed by adoption of 'parallel track'” and “Early 2020 messages describing US risk as still low, subsequently criticised in hindsight”.
12 controversies · 22 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Estimate that 'medical error is the third leading cause of death' challenged on methodology” and “Prediction that United States would reach herd immunity in April 2021”.
11 controversies · 24 sources
Science, medicine and healthBusiness and billionaires
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “NIH: patent applications for thousands of ESTs, controversy over patentability of gene fragments” and “Celera versus public consortium: genome race and fears of privatising human genetic data”.
10 controversies · 17 sources
Business and billionairesScience, medicine and health
British inventor and entrepreneur, founder of the Dyson group.
10 controversies · 15 sources
Science, medicine and healthArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Post-Soviet Russia: 'shock therapy' and lasting controversy over his advisory role” and “'The End of Poverty': 'big push' model criticised by William Easterly and other development economists”.
10 controversies · 16 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “1998: prediction that internet's economic impact would not exceed that of fax machine by around 2005” and “Enron: $50,000 for advisory board, followed by criticism of potential conflict of interest”.
10 controversies · 17 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Public support for 'efficiency' approach despite proposed PEPFAR budget cuts” and “Criticism of 'autocratic' management and pressure over targets within PEPFAR”.
9 controversies · 14 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “'Signing at the beginning': PNAS paper retracted after unreliable data identified” and “'Evil Genius?': retraction following forensic comparison of data versions”.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Science, medicine and healthJustice, police and intelligence
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “25 September 2001 memo: exceptionally broad interpretation of presidential war powers after 9/11” and “Use of military force within the United States: 2001 opinion subsequently disavowed by OLC”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Moral Foundations Theory: conceptual and methodological criticism of the definition of 'moral foundations'” and “2024: study challenges magnitude of moral differences between liberals and conservatives”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Science, medicine and healthArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Asian financial crisis: public clash with IMF over interest rates and austerity” and “China: remarks on possible yuan devaluation and strong reaction from US Treasury”.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Theoretical calculation of '10,000 vaccines': figure repeatedly targeted by anti-vaccine critics” and “RotaTeq: patents, royalties and Merck ties at centre of public conflict-of-interest controversy”.
9 controversies · 19 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “HIV gp160 trials: allegations of misleading presentation of data, but no final finding of fraud” and “HIV policies: mandatory military testing and ties to groups advocating abstinence”.
9 controversies · 19 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Promotion of 'population immunity' strategy likened by critics to herd immunity” and “Influence on CDC guidance reducing testing for asymptomatic people”.
9 controversies · 13 sources
Science, medicine and healthPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “AhnLab warrants: criminal breach of trust complaint and prosecutorial review” and “Clemency petition for Chey Tae-won revealed after his strong statements against economic crimes”.
8 controversies · 17 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2006: prediction of housing crash and deep recession, initially met with scepticism then largely vindicated” and “Gawker: personal retaliation against Nick Denton involving insults and references to his private life”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “NuSI: $40 million nutrition 'crusade' collapses without validating original ambitions” and “NuSI: annual remuneration of 727 754 dollars as president of non-profit organisation”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Early Reagan era: opposition to affirmative action, busing and minimum wage causes major rift with Black organisations” and “'Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality?': accusations of underestimating actual racial discrimination”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “MIT pain experiment: serious breach of human subject rules and suspension of data collection” and “Claim of '50 %' disagreement between dentists: unverifiable Delta Dental source”.
7 controversies · 12 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Sirtris / resveratrol: SIRT1 mechanism challenged after results attributed to assay artefact” and “Public promises of radical life extension: criticism of claims deemed excessively speculative”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Appointment as NIH director: debate over evangelical Christian faith and BioLogos” and “Defence of research using fetal tissue and opposition campaign by pro-life groups”.
7 controversies · 13 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Personal Genome Project: 'open consent' model waiving genetic confidentiality” and “Germline gene editing: opposition to overly broad moratorium”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “'Star Wars': scientific activism against Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative” and “Cassini: estimate of up to 200,000 deaths in plutonium accident scenario, far above NASA assessment”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Book and public campaign asserting vaccines did not cause his daughter's autism” and “Public position on COVID-19 origins and evolving debate over laboratory leak hypothesis”.
7 controversies · 15 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Statement that vaccinated people 'do not carry the virus', followed by CDC clarification” and “May 2021: abrupt removal of mask guidance for vaccinated people, followed by partial return with Delta”.
7 controversies · 19 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “'Sicko': public confrontation with Michael Moore over CNN fact-check” and “Proposed appointment as Surgeon General: political opposition and conflict-of-interest questions, followed by withdrawal”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Human Genome Project versus Celera: dispute over data access, patents and assembly method” and “'The Heroes of CRISPR': historical account challenged by Jennifer Doudna and editorial conflict of interest”.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “CRISPR patent battle with Broad Institute: successive setbacks before US Patent Office” and “Heritable human embryo editing: call for clinical pause and debate over scope of moratorium”.
6 controversies · 11 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Heparin / Momenta: criticism of conflicts of interest surrounding FDA-related publication” and “All-male scientific advisory boards at start-ups: criticism of exclusion of women”.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “'The Cost Conundrum': McAllen explanation qualified by private insurance data” and “Surgical safety checklist: Ontario study fails to replicate dramatic reduction in mortality”.
5 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and healthMedia and journalism
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Proceedings under Morsi for insulting the president and Islam” and “CBC suspends Al-Bernameg after satire also targeting post-Morsi authorities and Sissi”.
5 controversies · 8 sources1 formal charge
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Animal rights: work on legal standing and accusations of seeking to ban hunting” and “'Cognitive infiltration': proposal to counter conspiracy theories within extremist groups”.
5 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Bill Weir's whole-body scan: alarming diagnosis disputed by several doctors” and “Statins for healthy people over 40: recommendation considered too broad”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Original 'power poses' study: dramatic hormonal and behavioural effects in small sample” and “2015 replication: no effect on hormones or risk-taking”.
4 controversies · 5 sources
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