Posted by Lou Pilder on August 28, 2010, at 6:39:29 [reposted on August 29, 2010, at 23:38:28 | original URL]
In reply to Re: please be civil » linkadge, posted by Dr. Bob on August 27, 2010, at 22:49:54
Linkadge,
What you posted here could IMHO help to save lives. And I want you to know that (redacted by respondent)
To exaggerate means to enlarge beyond the bounds of truth. The issue here is what can be considerd by what you are being sanctioned for as to if what you posted constitutes exaggeration or not.
In a sense, it could be thought that {working} is what is being considerd here as to if what you posted goes beyond the bounds of truth or not. But what does it mean for the drug to {work}?
You see, one could promote a pill of vitamins and herbs on a radio program that they say will such and such . Millions of people could respond to take the pills.
Now then it could be found that there were people that took the pills that such and such happened. Then the people selling the pills could use those people as testimonials in furure radio programs. But did the people that had such and such have their response as a result of taking the pills? And did the response have a permanant effect? Could it not be that if millions of people took the pills that there could be some that had such and such for other reasons than the pill being effective? They may have exercised or had a spontanious event or changed their diet or such and their result was not from the vitamins and herbs but from something else. Maybe just something that could run its course!
Now in studies for antidepressants, a placebo type study is used to determine if results are or not likely from the drug.
Here is a video that discusses this and I ask readers here to make their own determination about what linkadge posted is or is not an exaggeration.
Lou
To see this video;
A. pull up google
B: type in:
[youtube,BBC Antidepressants:Feb 2008]
See that the video that is 2 min and posted on Sept 17, 2008
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:960354
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20100714/msgs/960573.html