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 | | From: | J Blink | | Subject: | "Psychology Today" recycling Columbia U miracle study | | Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:29:10 -0500 |
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 | The daily online "news" page of 'Psychology Today' magazine today (Jan 18
'05) re-posted an article by Monique I. Cuvelier from the Jan/Feb 2002 issue
trumpeting the Columbia University prayer/fertility study of 2001 -- a study
discredited by Bruce Flamm in the Sep 2004 'Skeptical Inquirer' and in 'The
Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine.'
As Flamm wrote, "one of the authors of the ... study has left the University
and refuses to comment, another now claims he did not even know about the
study until six months to a year after its completion and also refuses to
comment." The remaining author has now pled guilty to fraud and conspiracy
in unrelated matters.
'Psychology Today' currently has little excuse to continue to popularize
such absurd, refuted work. The disputes, refutations, withdrawals, and
indictments around this story have been publicized in the international
media. A retraction and apology by the 'Psychology Today' editors is now
warranted.
Cuvelier's 'Psychology Today' article:
http://cms.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20020101-000011.html
Flamm's 'Skeptical Inquirer' article:
http://www.csicop.org/si/2004-09/miracle-study.html
'Psychology Today' editor: letters@psychologytoday.com
'Journal of Reproductive Medicine' article:
http://www.reproductivemedicine.com/Features/2001/2001Sep.htm
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