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30 Apr 2024, 10:28 am
Egilman was sufficiently clever to discern that if his “method” led to a conclusion that silicone gel breast implants cause autoimmune disease, but the Institute of Medicine, along with court-appointed experts, found no basis for a causal conclusion, then by modus tollens Egilman’s “method” was suspect and must be rejected.[1] This awareness likely explains the extent to which he went to cover up his involvement in the plaintiffs’ causation case in the silicone… [read post]
28 Apr 2024, 11:33 am
There was a good bit of irony in Egilman’s reaching out to me to help him prepare for my deposition of him in a silicone gel breast implant case. [read post]
8 Apr 2024, 10:08 am
The limits of peer review ultimately make it a poor proxy for the validity tests posed by Rules 702 and 703. [read post]
27 Oct 2023, 2:19 pm
., Benjamin Nathan Schachtman, Traumedy: Dark Comedic Negotiations of Trauma in Contemporary American Literature (2016). [2] J.D. [read post]
12 Jun 2023, 1:09 pm
In scientific publishing, when scientists make a mistake, they publish an erratum or a corrigendum. [read post]
28 Feb 2023, 11:55 am
“It has been said that though God cannot alter the past, historians can; it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 1:29 pm
One of the most remarkable, and objectionable, aspects of the third edition was its failure to engage with Federal Rule of Evidence of 703, and the need for courts to assess the validity of individual studies relied upon. [read post]
29 Jan 2023, 7:33 pm
See Schachtman “New Reference Manual’s Uneven Treatment of Conflicts of Interest” (Oct. 12, 2011). [3] Janneke Verloop, Flora E. van Leeuwen, Theo J. [read post]
15 Sep 2022, 1:24 pm
Edward K. [read post]
19 Jun 2022, 5:05 pm
Although lawyers are known as a querulous lot, statisticians may not be far behind. [read post]
26 Feb 2022, 6:53 pm
A version of this post appeared previously on Professor Deborah Mayo’s blog, Error Statistics Philosophy. [read post]
30 May 2021, 10:48 am
Schachtman) Chapter 29. [read post]
27 Mar 2021, 1:19 pm
Well, soon the pandemic of Trump Flu will come to a close. [read post]
12 Feb 2021, 12:59 pm
Carl Cranor pays me the dubious honor of quoting my assessment of weight of the evidence (WOE) pseudo-methodology as used by lawsuit industry expert witnesses, in one of his recent publications: “Take all the evidence, throw it into the hopper, close your eyes, open your heart, and guess the weight. [read post]
25 Dec 2020, 11:17 am
In his autobiography, Sir Karl Popper described one of the most curious and interesting confrontations in 20th century philosophy. [read post]
19 Dec 2020, 1:57 pm
Susan Haack has written frequently about expert witness testimony in the United States legal system. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 12:08 pm
Exploring pathology can help us appreciate proper physiological function, and how normal functioning can be lost. [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 1:53 pm
Based upon Plato’s attribution,[1] philosophers credit pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus, who was in his prime about 500 B.C., for the oracular observation that πάντα χωρεῖ και οὐδε ν μένει, or in more elaborative English: all things pass and nothing stays, and comparing existing things to the flow of a river, he says you could not step twice into the same river. [read post]
21 Nov 2020, 10:24 am
Trigger Warning: Political Rant “Let them call me rebel and welcome, I feel no concern from it; but I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man. [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 10:11 am
The post The Knowledge Remedy Proposal first appeared on Schachtman Law. [read post]
