Major Medical Journal Abandons “Science”; Who Would Have Seen that One Coming? By Brian Simpson
The accusation has been made that the British Medical Journal has abandoned science as it rejected research from leading academics over the trans agenda. As noted by the Daily Mail, "One researcher had his paper rejected because he was 'opinionated' and had tweeted in support of author JK Rowling's gender-critical views.
The other's research was taken offline by BMJ staff who accused him of being 'transphobic' based on a student paper article about him. Both academics saw the discussions in BMJ staff emails after making Freedom of Information requests.
Dr Michael Biggs, an Oxford University sociologist, was blacklisted over a paper saying the official number of transgender people in the UK – 262,000 – is unreliable because of a confusingly-worded census question."
What I can add here is that I received an email from an academic trained in mathematics and logic who got a reply article rejected from an even bigger British journal which showed a major inconsistency in one of its articles, which was an empirical study. He did not even get the small paper added as an on-line commentary. The reason given by the editor was that the journal was empirical and did not go in for that sort of stuff. Too bad that logical reasoning was tossed out the window.
Yes, science is rapidly disintegrating, not just because of woke either. We saw this begin with the climate change scam, and then Covid. What next, bird flu?
"The British Medical Journal has been accused of 'abandoning science' after it rejected research from top academics over their views on the trans debate.
One researcher had his paper rejected because he was 'opinionated' and had tweeted in support of author JK Rowling's gender-critical views.
The other's research was taken offline by BMJ staff who accused him of being 'transphobic' based on a student paper article about him. Both academics saw the discussions in BMJ staff emails after making Freedom of Information requests.
Dr Michael Biggs, an Oxford University sociologist, was blacklisted over a paper saying the official number of transgender people in the UK – 262,000 – is unreliable because of a confusingly-worded census question.
He said a number of people who don't speak English as a first language had answered 'no' to: 'Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?'
BMJ staff emails claimed Dr Biggs' piece 'portrays trans individuals as uneducated and implies they weren't able to understand the question on the census'.
The emails also revealed concerns about him 'being known for being transphobic' after a student paper in 2018 claimed he had tweeted critical views of trans people.
Dr Biggs said 'some journal editors... don't care if an article is true, but whether it helps disadvantaged or oppressed minorities'.
Dr John Armstrong, a mathematician at King's College London, submitted a paper to BMJ Open on findings that institutions with higher 'Athena Swan' ratings – an award given for promoting gender equality – had fewer women in senior roles.
After it was rejected, he found a member of staff had told a colleague his social media account had 'coloured our impression of the manuscript'.
One email said 'he's quite argumentative and opinionated', and highlighted how he retweeted a JK Rowling post supporting campaigner Maya Forstater, who lost her job after saying people could not change their biological sex.
Dr Armstrong said: 'If a journal censors findings because they don't like the results or the author, it has abandoned science.'
The BMJ denied it would reject a paper for 'political or ideological reasons'."
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