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Links of the week
Oldie, but not completely irrelevant: Facilitated Communication (FC) Is a Cult That Won’t Die. “[T]he overall failure rate is 90 percent […]. In response to criticisms, Biklen told me, ‘That could show the fragility of the method, but it could also show the fragility of the research situation.’” (Note that this is not 90% failure in treatment—which would still mean that 10% benefit—but 90% at a particular test, which may mean that 10% are guessing lucky).
One perhaps under-appreciated victim of this scam is that individuals who are non-speaking, but can learn to type independently (e.g., Ido Kedar who is clearly typing independently in this video) have faced higher barriers to getting help given the stigma around FC.The importance of turf. There is so much complexity in every human endeavor
A portrait of state that has withered away, its ability to get things done having been replaced by bureaucratic compliance