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Science, medicine and healthJustice, police and intelligence
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “DACA and Donald Trump: expanded executive power theory adopted by White House” and “José Padilla versus John Yoo: civil action dismissed on appeal under qualified immunity”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Moral Foundations Theory: conceptual and methodological criticism of the definition of 'moral foundations'” and “Heterodox Academy: advocacy of ideological diversity accused of reinforcing conservative narrative about universities”.
9 controversies · 15 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2022–2024: College of Psychologists of Ontario orders professional coaching; legal challenges fail through Supreme Court” and “2022: Climate model remarks on Joe Rogan criticised as scientifically incorrect”.
10 controversies · 14 sources
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1949–1992: flight to Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, death in 1979, exhumation in 1985 and DNA confirmation in 1992 without ever standing trial” and “1945–1949: released by US army under false identity, then hidden in Germany with family's help”.
8 controversies · 2 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Monetisation of Substack newsletter spreading disputed anti-vaccine claims” and “$335,000 PPP loan to Mercola Health Resources during pandemic”.
7 controversies · 8 sources
Science, medicine and healthArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Bitcoin: call to ban cryptocurrency” and “Greek referendum: public support for 'no' challenged by other leading economists”.
9 controversies · 17 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Anti-vaccine activism and extension of retroviral claims to autism and other diseases” and “False Claims Act lawsuit against WPI dismissed by federal court”.
10 controversies · 13 sources1 formal charge
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Denial of causal link between HIV and AIDS” and “Rejection of human responsibility for climate change”.
5 controversies · 4 sources
Media and journalismScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “2023–2025: Criticism of academic rigour and use of MIT affiliation in public branding” and “2025: Volodymyr Zelensky interview, controversy over Russian language, Putin and framing of war”.
6 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Promotion of vitamin C as cancer treatment and dispute over Mayo Clinic randomised trials” and “Break with Arthur Robinson over vitamin C/cancer research and $575,000 legal settlement”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Claim that Covid-19 vaccines encourage emergence of dangerous variants” and “Claim that SARS-CoV-2 was artificially engineered using elements of HIV”.
8 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2012: ORI publishes federal findings and three-year agreement imposes oversight and restrictions on PHS-funded activities” and “2007–2011: falsified results and methodology in Proceedings B experiment, followed by replication with complete data”.
9 controversies · 5 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Commissioner's National Priority Vouchers programme and concerns over political interference in drug reviews” and “Allegation that mifepristone safety review was postponed for political reasons”.
11 controversies · 24 sources
Science, medicine and healthFilm, television and entertainment
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Co-author of federal memorandum reducing universally recommended childhood vaccinations” and “CMS leadership nomination: scrutiny of holdings and roles in healthcare companies potentially regulated by his agency”.
9 controversies · 14 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Guy Sorman's posthumous accusations of sexual abuse in Tunisia: Uncorroborated allegations and indirect testimony” and “Iranian Revolution: Fascination with the anti-Shah movement's 'political spirituality'”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “UAPs / UFOs: assertion that 'the burden of proof has shifted', while requesting raw data” and “'Quantum Supremacy': Scott Aaronson denounces numerous errors and technical extrapolations”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Institutional investigations following allegations: Cosmos and StarTalk resume, Hayden Planetarium directorship retained” and “Tchiya Amet accuses Tyson of rape during postgraduate studies”.
6 controversies · 5 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2026: shift towards tokenised digital asset backed by ETF despite years of denouncing cryptocurrencies” and “After 2009: 'perma-bear' reputation fuelled by series of very pessimistic forecasts not realised in their most severe form”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 16 controversies, including “2022–2024: Swedish conviction progressively strengthened to three counts of aggravated assault, two years and six months in prison, followed by further retraction” and “2018: Karolinska finds him responsible for scientific misconduct in several synthetic trachea papers”.
16 controversies · 16 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Departure from New York Times: Krugman denounces intrusive editing and pressure towards 'false balance', management disputes claims” and “2023: 'war on inflation is over' based on indicator excluding several major components”.
10 controversies · 17 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Theoretical calculation of '10,000 vaccines': figure repeatedly targeted by anti-vaccine critics” and “2025: criticism of changes to COVID recommendations for children and pregnant women without usual advisory process”.
9 controversies · 19 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Preventive whole-body MRI: recommended despite lack of evidence of screening benefit in asymptomatic people” and “Off-label rapamycin for longevity: personal use, adverse effects and first negative exercise trial”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Aneuploidy theory as primary cause of cancer versus dominant mutation paradigm” and “Medical Hypotheses article denying South African epidemic and antiretroviral effectiveness, withdrawn after external review”.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Public clash with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during Texas measles outbreak” and “Renewed clash with administration over Tylenol, circumcision and causes of autism”.
7 controversies · 15 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “2024–2026: Kory challenges California policy on disciplining doctors for Covid 'misinformation' and ultimately obtains preliminary injunction” and “2024–2026: Waters negligence and informed-consent lawsuit following remote Covid treatment — claims ultimately dismissed under PREP Act”.
5 controversies · 8 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Attribution of own health problems to alleged 'secondary inoculation' from vaccinated people” and “Included in 'Disinformation Dozen' and removal of several social media accounts”.
7 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and healthArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “American Humanist Association withdraws Humanist of the Year award following remarks on trans identity” and “Tweet claiming eugenics 'would work in practice' in humans”.
7 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2002–2020s: IQ and the Wealth of Nations and disputed 'national IQ' methodology” and “2024–2025: Reassessment campaign and professional statement finding his 'national IQ' datasets seriously inadequate”.
8 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 15 controversies, including “2005–2026: persistent promotion of a vaccine-autism link contrary to scientific consensus” and “2019–2026: visit to Samoa before measles outbreak — new documents contradicting testimony that the visit had 'nothing to do with vaccines'”.
15 controversies · 18 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2008: exclusion from Nobel Prize awarded to Montagnier and Barré-Sinoussi — dispute over scientific credit” and “1994: royalties agreement revised after confirmation that US test used strain originating from French culture contamination”.
9 controversies · 11 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Seer: activist shareholders challenge his independence on board, company rejects allegations” and “Moderna: massive enrichment of a co-founder in company heavily supported by public funds”.
6 controversies · 10 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2025–2026: appointment to ACIP vaccine committee following removal of panel, controversial decisions, court intervention and Malone's resignation” and “2022–2023: defamation claim against Washington Post dismissed; court finds non-actionable opinions and insufficient actual malice allegations”.
8 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “2024–2026: claim that virus was 'engineered' and hypothesis of possible starting point in Chapel Hill” and “2023 testimony supporting laboratory leak hypothesis and claim of exclusion from early discussions”.
9 controversies · 19 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “CDC reorganisation after acknowledging agency had not reliably met expectations” and “American Federation of Teachers given access to draft school reopening guidance”.
7 controversies · 19 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Books co-written with Kristin Loberg: plagiarised passages discovered following David Agus scandal” and “Fake CNN article using his name to sell CBD gummies”.
7 controversies · 11 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “'Rise up' call against Michigan restrictions and censure by Stanford Faculty Senate” and “Promotion of 'population immunity' strategy likened by critics to herd immunity”.
9 controversies · 13 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2009–2022: continued citation of retracted papers long after fraud was exposed” and “February 2010: guilty plea to healthcare fraud”.
8 controversies · 8 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Authoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocitiesScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1948–1959: Absence from Tokyo trial, Khabarovsk revelations concerning other members and death without trial” and “1946–1948: Negotiation of US immunity in exchange for human experimentation data”.
7 controversies · 7 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Little Hans: Reassessment reveals underestimated trauma and family dysfunction” and “Gap between published psychoanalytic rules and actual practice: Confidentiality, neutrality and relationships outside therapy”.
10 controversies · 18 sources
Terrorism and violent extremismScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 21 controversies, including “Death in custody by suicide, according to Associated Press sources” and “Court-ordered sale of possessions for benefit of victims”.
21 controversies · 5 sources1 conviction1 formal charge
Politics and governmentScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “US withdrawal from WHO: Criticism of COVID management and organisation's independence culminates in 2025–2026” and “Global pandemic agreement: Controversy over alleged surrender of sovereignty or new 'powers' for WHO”.
13 controversies · 28 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “1928–1974 and thereafter: Invention of CFCs/Freon followed by posthumous discovery of their role in ozone destruction” and “1925: Defence of TEL before chemists and in Public Health Service debate”.
6 controversies · 6 sources
Arts, letters and intellectualsScience, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Minimum wage: recurring argument that it destroys low-skilled employment despite far more mixed empirical literature” and “'Intellectuals and Race': argument that disparities are too readily attributed to racism”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Seoul remarks about his “trouble with girls” in laboratories spark worldwide sexism controversy” and “Resignation from honorary position at University College London following controversy”.
5 controversies · 9 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “1955–1965: Opposition from hundreds of scientists, Khrushchev's protection and downfall after 1964” and “1940s–1960s: Controversial agricultural applications and harm attributed to Lysenkoist practices”.
8 controversies · 5 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2026: Personal sales of approximately 17,000 ETH during major market downturn” and “2025: Ethereum Foundation governance crisis and Buterin says he still decides transitional leadership”.
10 controversies · 20 sources
Science, medicine and health
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “1995: positive trial of high-dose chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer published, subsequently invalidated” and “2000–2001: case for high-dose chemotherapy in breast cancer collapses and ASCO issues warnings”.
6 controversies · 8 sources
Science, medicine and healthAuthoritarian regimes, wars and mass atrocities
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “1969–1980s: Testimony on Mittelwerk, protection of his image and subsequent posthumous historical reassessment” and “1945–1955: Project Paperclip and transfer to United States despite Nazi Party and SS past”.
7 controversies · 7 sources
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