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The Atlantic Magazine Retracts Claim That Fetal Heartbeats Are ‘Imaginary'
2017-01-25
[Free Beacon] One of Washington’s most influential magazines published several updates to an error-filled article attacking ultrasound technology, without acknowledging the extent of those corrections.

The Atlantic published "How the Ultrasound Pushed the Idea That a Fetus Is a Person" on Tuesday. The 2,500-word article argued that ultrasound technology "has been used to create an imaginary ’heartbeat’ and sped-up videos that falsely depict a response to stimulus." The article by Moira Weigel, a Yale doctoral candidate in comparative literature,
Notably not a scientist, physician, or ultrasound expert...
included at least three major errors that the publication corrected.

The article originally claimed that fetal heartbeats depicted in ultrasound are "imaginary" because there is no heart in the body during early stages of development.

"It is dubious to call this movement a ’heartbeat’; there is no heart to speak of [at six weeks]," the article said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  I dunno just about any plumber or roto rooter operator could probably write better poetry than that woman...why anyone thinks she is a literary giant never bothered to read any of the classics...no wait...its just this politically correct stuff...anything a black woman can write has to be considered on the same level as Hemingway or George Sand (who was a woman with a nomme d'plume)
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-01-25 19:57  

#12  I demand an article on the poetry of Maya Angelou written by a plumber.

It would be way better than anything Moira Weigel could write on science -- or on literature for that matter.
Posted by: charger   2017-01-25 19:41  

#11  Apology appreciated, dear Abu Uluque, though I had nothing to do with fixing it. When I took a look width was set to 450. Perhaps preview the thing before posting?
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-01-25 19:18  

#10  Mods, I'm terribly about the size of that picture. I'm sure I put a limit on the width and I even previewed it before I hit the submit button.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-01-25 15:52  

#9  The "experts" ain't.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-01-25 15:19  

#8  scientist make whopping mistakes too

for example, this link, goes to a retraction from Hematological Ontology which retracts a recommended therapeutic procedure which, if followed, would be uniformly fatal.
Posted by: lord garth   2017-01-25 14:19  

#7  Not that I had really thought about subscribing to the Atlantic anyway...but this certainly removes any thoughts of buying their product now and in the future.
Posted by: Tom   2017-01-25 13:36  

#6  I thought all these people were big science Believers, not science Deniers?
Posted by: Bobby   2017-01-25 13:02  

#5  What is comparative literature?

Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-01-25 11:22  

#4  What is comparative literature?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-01-25 11:13  

#3  Mainstream media is filled with fact-checkers.
Posted by: Glenmore   2017-01-25 10:42  

#2  ...do you think they care? [until they personally faced a medical emergency]
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-01-25 08:08  

#1  a Yale doctoral candidate in comparative literature, included at least three major errors that the publication corrected

Well if we're supposed to listen to slut celebrities for our global politics it makes sense that we get medical facts from a Comp. Lit. major.

Do you think the Atlantic knows the difference between a PhD and an MD?
Posted by: AlanC   2017-01-25 07:33  

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