Summary: What if people who oppose vaccines aren’t anti-science but pro-science? After all, the warning against the MMR vaccine didn’t arise from Crazed Housewives of Hollywood. It was published in one of the most prestigious scientific journals in the world, The Lancet.<br> <br> Some folks who worry about vaccines are still reading about the original article (aided by luminaries like Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy) though Andrew Wakefield’s article has been long since disproven and retracted.<br> On today’s edition of The Fourth Estate we survey science, scientific journals, scientists and scientism. I love science and have been fascinated by it since I was a kid. This was a fun, though research intensive, episode.<br> Please support my sponsors!<br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fourth-estate/id958911235?mt=2">Subscribe via iTunes</a> • <a href="http://www.martyduren.com/feed/podcast/">Subscribe via RSS</a> • <a href="http://app.stitcher.com/browse/feed/59347/details">Subscribe via Stitcher</a><br> Sponsors<br> Today’s episode of The Fourth Estate is brought to you by Suit Up, written by Phillip Larsen. Suit Up addresses life leading up to and after graduation of high school in a conversational way. Each chapter challenges families to answer the question “Why do we believe this” as much as we answer “what do we believe.” If you know someone who is graduating this makes a perfect gift. Visit <a href="http://www.philliplarsen.com">www.philliplarsen.com</a> to order.<br> <a href="https://www.woodwatches.com/#martyduren" target="_blank">JORD watches</a>, a Preferred Partner.<br> <a href="http://roundtablemediagroup.com" target="_blank">Roundtable Media Group, LLC</a>.<br> Episode Notes<br> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/" target="_blank">The MMR vaccine and autism: Sensation, refutation, retraction, and fraud</a>, Indian Journal of Psychiatry<br> <a href="http://briandeer.com/mmr/lancet-summary.htm" target="_blank">Exposed: Andrew Wakefield and the MMR-autism fraud</a>, BrianDeer.com<br> <a href="http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2897%2911096-0/abstract" target="_blank">RETRACTED: Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children</a>, The Lancet<br> <a href="http://retractionwatch.com/2016/03/24/retractions-rise-to-nearly-700-in-fiscal-year-2015-and-psst-this-is-our-3000th-post/" rel="bookmark">Retractions rise to nearly 700 in fiscal year 2015 (and psst, this is our 3,000th post)</a>, RetractionWatch.com<br> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1420798/" target="_blank">Peer review: a flawed process at the heart of science and journals</a>, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine<br> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1676336/" target="_blank">Scientific Journals are ‘faith based’: is there science behind Peer review?</a>, JRSM<br> <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/27/how_nonsense_papers_ended_up_in_respected_scientific_journals.html" target="_blank">How Gobbledygook Ended Up in Respected Scientific Journals</a>, Slate<br> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/27/fabricated-peer-reviews-prompt-scientific-journal-to-retract-43-papers-systematic-scheme-may-affect-other-journals/" target="_blank">Major publisher retracts 43 scientific papers amid wider fake peer-review scandal</a>, WAPO<br> <a href="http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21588069-scientific-research-has-changed-world-now-it-needs-change-itself-how-science-goes-wrong" target="_blank">How science goes wrong</a>, The Economist<br> <a href="http://qz.com/638059/many-scientific-truths-are-in-fact-false/" target="_blank">Many scientific “truths” are, in fact, false</a>, Quartz<br> <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone."></a>
