Brilliant piece on institutional inertia. The whole "lack of love" theory reminds me how entrenched beliefs can morph into almost religious doctrine within professional circles. I think the most strikng part is that Marshall's bacterial hypothesis was falsifiable and testable, yet people still clung to psychosomatic explanations. Makes you wonder how many other medical breakthroughs are sitting in obscurity right now cause they dont fit the current paradigm.
Great article and a great reminder to stick to your beliefs. I would love to hear how he coped with the frustration. Believing in something as strongly as he did could be labelled as a "conspiracy theory" or "fringe science" today. With crazy conspiracies on TikTok and X, a person with a real solution would get drowned out unfortunately. Marshall's coping strategy and communication strategy in today's world of noise would be critical to getting through.
Travis so sorry to hear about your broken ribs - take it easy that takes time to heal.
I think we have many cures sitting out there for the exact reasons you stated. Staying healthy doesn’t make the money that keeping us sick does. I for one am glad we the (USA) left the WHO. We need to follow the science !!
Thanks Liz. It's been rough! But I'm finally on the mend. I am hoping that we are all healed up before our ski trip in a few weeks. It's gonna be cutting it close. They said it may take up to 6 months.
Brilliant piece on institutional inertia. The whole "lack of love" theory reminds me how entrenched beliefs can morph into almost religious doctrine within professional circles. I think the most strikng part is that Marshall's bacterial hypothesis was falsifiable and testable, yet people still clung to psychosomatic explanations. Makes you wonder how many other medical breakthroughs are sitting in obscurity right now cause they dont fit the current paradigm.
100%!
Great article and a great reminder to stick to your beliefs. I would love to hear how he coped with the frustration. Believing in something as strongly as he did could be labelled as a "conspiracy theory" or "fringe science" today. With crazy conspiracies on TikTok and X, a person with a real solution would get drowned out unfortunately. Marshall's coping strategy and communication strategy in today's world of noise would be critical to getting through.
Thanks Matt! I honestly hadn't even thought of this in the context of todays information environment. That's an interesting thought experiment to run.
Travis so sorry to hear about your broken ribs - take it easy that takes time to heal.
I think we have many cures sitting out there for the exact reasons you stated. Staying healthy doesn’t make the money that keeping us sick does. I for one am glad we the (USA) left the WHO. We need to follow the science !!
Thanks Liz. It's been rough! But I'm finally on the mend. I am hoping that we are all healed up before our ski trip in a few weeks. It's gonna be cutting it close. They said it may take up to 6 months.