"I published a study which these extremists did not like and was subjected to a staggering volley of horrible abuse."

"One man wrote he was having pleasure imagining that he was watching me drown. He sent that every day for months."

Says one of the scientists who have been targeted for entertaining the possibility that chronic fatigue syndrome is partly psychological.

Threatening scientists is an even worse technique here than in the usual situation. It's self-contradictory.  If you want people to believe that you are not at all responsible for your extreme lethargy, you shouldn't rev into action when some suggests that your mind is part of the problem.