What? What have I missed? I have been a huge fan of Ben Goldacre so far and enjoyed his superb book and TED talk about Bad Pharma. But his refusal to look into the PACE trial while tweeting about Chronic Fatigue (Syndrome?) extremists makes him and his cause appear in very bad light. The PACE trial is a scientific disaster, a scandal even of huge proportions, and is finally getting the pressure from the scientific community it truly deserves.
What is his connection to Simon Wessely? Why is he loyal to him? And didn't he say himself, the weakest of all evidence is authority? Can somebody explain and enlighten me?
http://www.download.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60588-8/fulltext