Posted by Larry Hoover on May 13, 2006, at 8:35:14
In reply to Re: Statistical question on SSRIs - ADDENDUM » Larry Hoover, posted by Squiggles on May 13, 2006, at 3:11:59
> > Defense? I don't even know why you used that word, in this context. Why don't you give a brief statement, in your own words, what you think is being presented at that point in the document?
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> > Lar
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> I will, give me some time. I'd like to read the
> whole thing.
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> SquigglesI'm perennially confounded in conversations with you, my friend. We are so different in style. I should not have used the word defense without having read the paper. How do you know it's an important paper?
All I saw at pp. 200 and onwards was a very concise and precise definition of the role of anecdote in scientific inquiry. An extremely limited role, which upon revelation seems to raise the hackles of non-scientists. I struggle against it, here, myself. The hackle-raising, I mean. His example re: tonsils and tonsillectomy, is an excellent one.
Lar
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