House of Numbers

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House of Numbers is a 2009 film directed and produced by Brent Leung, which purports to objectively examine the hypothesis that HIV causes AIDS. Of course, what it turns out to actually be is a "weaselly support pamphlet for AIDS denialists"^[1] and "a dreary and pernicious piece of AIDS denialist propaganda."^[2]

The film consists mostly of Leung interviewing a range of scientists and HIV denialists, including Christine Maggiore, an HIV-positive denialist whose 3-year-old daughter died of untreated AIDS, and who herself succumbed to AIDS-induced pneumonia before the film was released, although her death is only mentioned in small print in the closing credits along with a claim that it was "unrelated to HIV."^[3]

The film makes liberal use of cherry-picking, and many of the scientists interviewed for the film complained that they had been interviewed under false pretenses, and that their answers to Leung's questions were selectively edited to convey a false impression that the scientific community disagrees on the basic facts about HIV/AIDS.^[3] Two interviewees later cited examples supporting the allegation that Leung misrepresented their words in a "surely intentional" manner.^[4] A panel discussion of the film at a Boston film festival was disrupted by Leung and other HIV/AIDS denialists in the audience, who attempted to shout down members of the panel they disagreed with.^[5]

Reaction from the scientific community was, predictably, negative. Someone should really take the time to rebut all the arguments individually, but basically it's just the HIV/AIDS denialist version of Expelled.

External links[edit]

Debunking the AIDS Denialist Movie House of Numbers on YouTube

References[edit]

↑ Catsoulis, Jeanette (4 September 2009). "AIDS Seen From a Different Angle". New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
↑ Goldacre, Ben (September 26, 2009). "House of Numbers". The Guardian. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Burki T (2009). "House of Numbers". Lancet Infect Dis 9 (12): 735.
↑ "Constantine and Weiss pinpoint misrepresentations". Aidstruth.org. November 26, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
↑ Jacobs, Ethan (April 22, 2009). "Crazy 'House'". Bay Windows. Retrieved September 8, 2009.

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[1] Catsoulis, Jeanette (4 September 2009). "AIDS Seen From a Different Angle". New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2009.

[2] Goldacre, Ben (September 26, 2009). "House of Numbers". The Guardian. Retrieved September 27, 2009.

[lancet-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Burki T (2009). "House of Numbers". Lancet Infect Dis 9 (12): 735.

[4] "Constantine and Weiss pinpoint misrepresentations". Aidstruth.org. November 26, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2009.

[5] Jacobs, Ethan (April 22, 2009). "Crazy 'House'". Bay Windows. Retrieved September 8, 2009.

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