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0 pointslikeabbas2y ago0 comments

Professor Gary Nolan of Stanford doesn’t seem to think Havana syndrome is a “non event” considering he was contacted by the CIA to do brain scans of the victims.

I agree it’s frustrating because the entire situation is classified, but this is how the intelligence community works. We can’t show our hands by making reports to the public. I hope one day we can.

There is a discussion in congress about trying to change the classification system since the default is to over-classify everything, but we will see if that happens.

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Jolter2y ago

I know nothing at all about Gary Nolan of Stanford except what you wrote above, so don’t take the following as disparaging him.

That said: it is not difficult to imagine a certain bias towards making an interesting finding, when given such an assignment by the government.

The lack of a control group and blinding makes every result of such a scanning study very vulnerable to such biases.

Hence, I would advise placing very little weight behind its findings.

likeabbasOP2y ago

You can find discrepancies in anything if you want to enough.

I can’t convince you of anything because all of the data is classified or under HIPPA. All we can do is trust the highly credentialed people about their general findings. Gary Nolan is a world renowned pathologist that has started several NASDAQ companies. The CIA sought him out to investigate Havana syndrome because he created a new MRI machine (I think? Some kind of brain scanning device) that is world class.

I don’t follow Havana syndrome closely enough specifically because we are less likely to see that data than we are the upcoming revelations from congress of some non-human technology.

https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/garry-nolan

Jolter2y ago

The above post does not address my concern regarding a control group and blindness.

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0 pointslikeabbas2y ago0 comments

Professor Gary Nolan of Stanford doesn’t seem to think Havana syndrome is a “non event” considering he was contacted by the CIA to do brain scans of the victims.

There is a discussion in congress about trying to change the classification system since the default is to over-classify everything, but we will see if that happens.

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Jolter2y ago

I know nothing at all about Gary Nolan of Stanford except what you wrote above, so don’t take the following as disparaging him.

That said: it is not difficult to imagine a certain bias towards making an interesting finding, when given such an assignment by the government.

The lack of a control group and blinding makes every result of such a scanning study very vulnerable to such biases.

Hence, I would advise placing very little weight behind its findings.

likeabbasOP2y ago

You can find discrepancies in anything if you want to enough.

I don’t follow Havana syndrome closely enough specifically because we are less likely to see that data than we are the upcoming revelations from congress of some non-human technology.

https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/garry-nolan

Jolter2y ago

The above post does not address my concern regarding a control group and blindness.

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