By: Jodie Harper
A few years ago I read one of Greenfield’s book and all I can say is that from a psychological / scientific perspective it’s a pile of fictitious tripe. Over the past decade some great contributions...
View ArticleBy: Jodie Harper
Spelling mistakes – *books rather than books and *than rather than that! I’m tired o_O
View ArticleBy: BobHarvey
Nicely said, Mr Goldacre. My view is that some of her pronouncements may well have some truth in them. But we need to know, even if I am broadly in sympathy with what she says
View ArticleBy: rennatian
Honorary Doctorate at Heriott-Watt (June 2009) where the Chancellor is………..! Ben, you’re not playing The Game.
View ArticleBy: Jon Wade
A good friend of mine used to play a lot of computer games all through his teenage years, now he runs part of Google. Maybe people who play more computer games will suffer from dementia at some point...
View ArticleBy: neurobonkers
Fully agree! My post on the same topic: neurobonkers.com/?p=815 Dr. Pete Etchels reaches the same conclusion: counter-balanced.net/2011/12/03/on-greenfield/ PS: When I tried to ask your question at the...
View ArticleBy: matt59
@DHC i just read greenfield’s article www.guardian.co.uk/science/2002/aug 18/drugs.drugsandalcohol what a load of strawmen and hearsay. i really don’t understand how the woman can call herself a...
View ArticleBy: allibags
Surely the problem is not necessarily going public with your conclusions, but instead refusing to go public with the data that lead you to them? Anyone can have an opinion, where the problem lies is in...
View ArticleBy: will_taylor22
Professor Greenfield actually came to my college at university to give a talk. I, probably rudely (only in content, not delivery), said it seemed as though she was out of touch as she made the...
View ArticleBy: spanksalot
I can think of an excellent reason: if she doesn’t particularly care about this, then why go to all the effort of doing a scientific trial?
View ArticleBy: Rihari Wilson
”Do I put the slice of bread in portrait or landscape?” This appeared as a joke some time ago in some colonial newspaper or other. Perhaps that is where the professor heard the sad story
View ArticleBy: upright dog
So what you’re saying is that she likes to make pronouncments as if she’s some kind of scientific authority, but she’s unwilling to go through the same kind of scrutiny of her claims that the rest of...
View ArticleBy: Bertje Tovey
Like Will Taylor, who commented above, I also heard Prof. Greenfield speak about the terrible damage computer games are doing to children’s brains. I suggested that her attitude was basically...
View ArticleBy: Brett Montgomery
This article seems very sensible: theconversation.edu.au/your-brain-on-the-internet-a-response-to-susan-greenfield-8694
View ArticleBy: NorfolkMuse
Maybe Prof Greenfield should invent a computer game entitled “Diagnosis” which gives rewards for correct factual interpretation, uncovering plots and hidden Agandas,discovering the big picture, with a...
View ArticleBy: eitherorbored
TP: Personally, I have often been faced by the portrait/landscape question when it comes to the toasting of bread. The problem is if you put it in portrait there’s always that bit at the top of the...
View ArticleBy: MsJinnifer
Actually I think the child’s question about how to put bread into the toaster (portrait or landscape) shows a really creative use of language.
View ArticleBy: hbw
Re: TP said,November 4, 2011 at 12:54 am A good example of Greeenfiled’s scientific approach is her anecdote (evidence?) “I have heard a sad story about a little girl who was in the kitchen using a new...
View ArticleBy: joey89924
I feel that this is what Greenfield does with every claim that she makes in the media, she uses irrelevant neuroscience to make it all seem sciency. www.hqew.net
View ArticleBy: BiomedicalDude
No one questioned her because too many scientists are fools. They are fools because they focus on the messenger and not the message [hey, just like grant reviewers]. For example, stupid scientists are...
View Article
