What the #$*! Do They Know?
One page on PainSci cites Scerri 2004: Why Do We Get Sick?
PainSci notes on Scerri 2004:
Although my evidence-based massage therapy practice attracted an unusually level-headed cross-section of society, for months of 2004 I was nevertheless besieged with giddy reviews of a film I loathe, What the #$*! Do We Know?!, because of its egregious interpretations of quantum physics and generally tedious new age sillyisms. But don’t take my word for it. Eric Scerri competently shreds the ridiculous scientific pretensions of the film. See also Wikipedia’s excellent article, which explains that David Albert, the most credible expert in the movie, “granted the filmmakers a near-four hour interview about quantum mechanics being unrelated [my emphasis] to consciousness or spirituality. His interview was then edited and incorporated into the film in a way that he claims misrepresented his views.”
This page is part of the PainScience BIBLIOGRAPHY, which contains plain language summaries of thousands of scientific papers & others sources. It’s like a highly specialized blog. A few highlights:
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- Recovery trajectories in common musculoskeletal complaints by diagnosis contra prognostic phenotypes. Aasdahl 2021 BMC Musculoskelet Disord.
- Cannabidiol (CBD) products for pain: ineffective, expensive, and with potential harms. Moore 2023 J Pain.
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- Inciting events associated with lumbar disc herniation. Suri 2010 Spine J.