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A comment on David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psychiatry for decades. Parent comment

Re:David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psyc... by warbaker on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:24PM (#22162230)
My default position on the follow-up is likewise skepticism. It seems like the filters at the time were so low that it is likely the follow-up is just a better constructed lie.
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Re:David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psyc... by 77pt77 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @12:39AM (#22166747)
What about the argument, used at the time, that in order for someone to participate in an experiment like that they had to be mentally ill?
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