tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post3371172837284735501..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: John Banzhaf: Ronald McDonald is just like Joe CamelChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-350237888574371942011-06-29T11:04:30.678+01:002011-06-29T11:04:30.678+01:00Talking of slippery slopes:
http://www.mk-news.co...Talking of slippery slopes:<br /><br />http://www.mk-news.co.uk/News/No-ifs-no-butts-town-asked-to-outlaw-ciggies-29062011.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-73517725458796564892011-06-28T07:09:06.052+01:002011-06-28T07:09:06.052+01:00Soda is no more fattening that fruit juice
... a...Soda is no more fattening that fruit juice <br /><br />... and as fruit juice is laden with sugar, that brings in other issues.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-88520806353867613822011-06-28T01:23:10.724+01:002011-06-28T01:23:10.724+01:00I watched the video and read the article by Butter...I watched the video and read the article by Butterworth. <br /><br />The more I read about these studies, the more I feel that the studies are worthless. <br /><br />I base this thought upon the following ideas:<br /><br />1. Any study which shows a null hypothesis is boring. Do not publish it - file under 'boring'. I understand that this is called 'publication bias'. However, 'publication bias' would not be significant if the studies were still available to 'scholars' and taken into account.<br /><br />2. ALL studies of human behaviour and human bodies make an assumption that all humans are the same. There is a 'standard' human behaviour and there is a 'standard' human body. Thus, it may well be true that smokers are more inclined to get Lung Cancer than others - but it is also true that, in the population as a whole, some people are more inclined to get Lung Cancer than others. Put the 'smoking' and the 'greater proclivity' together and you see an apparent tendency IN THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE which isn't actually there. Essentially, what I am saying is that there is no such thing as 'a standard human being'. Some of us have very strong genetic inheritance, but a few have serious (or not immediately evident) genetic weaknesses. <br /><br />Day after day, we see studies which seem to indicate some sort of problem, as regards obesity, for example. But inevitably, these studies of individuals with problems are projected onto the population as a whole without justification. <br /><br />Epidemiology used to be concerned with epidemics (as its name implies). Thus, Florence Nightingale discovered that more soldiers died from diseases than wounds; thus, malaria was discovered not to be 'bad air' but the result of bacteria injected into the blood stream by mosquitoes; thus, whatshisname discovered that cholera, in a certain area of London, originated from a certain water pump. THAT is epidemiology. <br /><br />When epidemiology moved into the causes of cancer, it ventured into 'the great unknown'. Is 'the causes of cancer' a suitable subject for epidemiology? I have my doubts. Is a bullet through the heart the cause of death? Well...to be precise, the answer must be "No". The cause of death is the failure of the heart to beat (etc). <br /><br />In the case of cancer, the predisposition of a person to cancer is very important. This 'confounding factor' must be accounted for, but I have seen nothing in epidemiology which indicates that it is.<br /><br />If I am right, then all these extremely expensive epidemiology departments all over the world are useless. The only important thing is to find out what is the actual physical cause of cancer. It may well be that it is found that only a limited amount of intervention (a cure) is possible. When a person reaches the end of his 'physical tether', he dies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-63777055055787618002011-06-27T22:31:27.290+01:002011-06-27T22:31:27.290+01:00I think that the issue for Banzhaf is "the te...I think that the issue for Banzhaf is "the terrifying possibility that somewhere there are people enjoying themselves."<br /><br />Gary K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-16081538874007873772011-06-27T21:57:32.592+01:002011-06-27T21:57:32.592+01:00Basically I couldn't give a tinker's cuss ...Basically I couldn't give a tinker's cuss what any so-called "expert" tells me nowadays. Each and every one of them is driven by an agenda, the propagate half-truths, they cannot cite any real scientific data to support their alarmist views and they want me to believe them? <br />Get real.<br />I eat whatever appeals to me when I want it. And I will continue so to do.<br />End of story.bwanamakubwanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-46211476539295643302011-06-27T04:03:10.623+01:002011-06-27T04:03:10.623+01:00A side note but a nice headline!
EXCLUSIVE: U.N. ...A side note but a nice headline!<br /><br />EXCLUSIVE: U.N. World Health Organization Faces Plague of ...May 23, 2011 – WHO funding for the next two years is currently $3 billion short of ... WHO budgets over two-year terms and the organization expects to end ...<br />www.foxnews.com/world/.../exclusive-world-health-organization-faces- plague-tightwads/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-66995079131838775192011-06-27T02:08:07.042+01:002011-06-27T02:08:07.042+01:00Actually, it would appear that Banzhaff being fat,...Actually, it would appear that Banzhaff being fat, ugly, and slimy may be concerned about being denormalised himself;<br /><br />http://www.smokersclubinc.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4531Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com