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Informed consent · Biobanks

Published 2019 · Explained Sep 2026

Biobank consent is broken in one specific way, and the two proposed fixes contradict each other

Evidence: Contested

What changed

Two developed alternatives exist and pull in opposite directions. Both are normative proposals rather than trials: neither has been shown to produce better-informed participants, and dynamic consent has not been shown to raise recruitment.

2 studies · Competing normative proposals in bioban…

Addiction · Explanation

Published 2017 · Explained Sep 2026

If addiction changes the brain, that is what learning does too

Evidence: Contested

What changed

A developmental reading accounts for the same neural findings without a pathology premise, and reframes recovery accordingly. This is a theoretical essay: it measures no quit rates and cites recovery-without-treatment figures from the wider literature.

2 studies · Theoretical argument drawing on neurosc…