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Also, from what I read in that study by Christopher Randolph, is he not simply saying that “CTE isn’t a real disease, but concussions from football can cause Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases?” Should we just call CTE pugilistica dementia?
And correct me if I’m wrong, the journal you quoted with the article by Randolph, is that a peer reviewed journal? I don’t think it is. Look for a peer reviewed journal that says CTE doesn’t exist.
Should we just call CTE dementia pugilistica? There's a strong argument for that in my opinion. It's not like there have been particularly substantial discoveries on the disease as received by the scientific community in the recent past. The only problem with the term dementia pugilistica is that it implies it only occurs in boxers.
As far as your second paragraph goes, the editor's note in the Randolph piece mentions that it received the standard peer reviewed process.
"This paper was originally solicited as part of the Point – Counterpoint series. It received the standard peer review process."