Chris BrookOct 2, 20195 min readIndependent Science vs Motivated Advocacy: why can’t medical doctors spot the difference?The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services, called the SBU, was established in 1987 and became...
Chris BrookSep 12, 20193 min readLook away now CSI fans: why forensics is not science and why that should concern youIn July of 2018 in Victoria, Joby Rowe was convicted of shaking to death his three month old daughter Alanah. Alanah had no external...
Chris BrookSep 7, 20193 min readJoby Rowe: 9 year sentence based on Junk ScienceJoby Rowe was convicted of child homicide in the Supreme Court of Victoria in August 2018, found to have shaken to death his three month...
Chris BrookSep 6, 20194 min readShaken Baby Syndrome: It is not science. In Boston in 1997, nineteen year old British nanny Louise Woodward was accused of murdering Matthew Eappen, an 8 month old child under...