Quick, hide the data
Oyyy.
Uh, yeah, because that’s the whole point.
“Prominent torturer Fiendy Painmaker has refused to publish data from a study of torture, fearing that the results will be weaponized by critics of torture.”
Listen up, Johanna Olsen-Kennedy: the whole point of medical studies (as of course you know perfectly well) is to determine whether they are beneficial or the other thing. If a study finds out that X is the other thing, aka harmful, it’s not your job to hide the data on the grounds that critics of X will cite it in order to prevent further harm. You’re not supposed to want to keep perpetrating harm.
The researcher’s claim that the subjects started with great mental health and stayed stable is in conflict with the observation that one quarter were suicidal, too.