Obscurantism in science has often be come a goal in itself. But it is not enough to confuse the reader; one has to know what it is that one intends to confuse the reader about. So begins Alexander Kohn’s classic essay “Principles and Methods of Obscurantism,” CA Cancer J Clin, 1970;20;360-364. DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.20.6.360. Alex Kohn […]