tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post4959887161368706618..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: Bad science (or just plain offensive science)jams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-87816417737384521932007-08-23T21:20:00.000+01:002007-08-23T21:20:00.000+01:00Bird shit is corrosive stuff - just leave your car...Bird shit is corrosive stuff - just leave your car under a tree for a while! It may well have been a contributory factor but the wordd missing bolts and cracking steel leap out at me more than does bird shit!<BR/><BR/>I didn't really follow the story but it did sound as if the real culprit was lack of proper maintenance.jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-4362635203754301612007-08-23T17:37:00.000+01:002007-08-23T17:37:00.000+01:00btw - What do you think of this hypothesis? Is it...btw - What do you think of <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_on_sc/bridge_collapse_pigeons" REL="nofollow">this</A> hypothesis? Is it science, or shift an effort to shift blame to a different scapegoat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-80519430429654679422007-08-23T16:53:00.000+01:002007-08-23T16:53:00.000+01:00Ouch!Ouch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-31562672287911973442007-08-23T09:54:00.000+01:002007-08-23T09:54:00.000+01:00scientific research should never be bound by the w...scientific research should never be bound by the wilder shores of PC. <BR/><BR/>Ah there is one slight problem: You pay page charges with that journal!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-9186526759683831392007-08-22T22:54:00.000+01:002007-08-22T22:54:00.000+01:00I guess all I can say is, "What do you expect for ...I guess all I can say is, "What do you expect for a journal called 'Hypotheses'?"<BR/><BR/>I assumed it was an "abstract"... not the whole paper. Silly me.<BR/><BR/>There really is a lot of real science out there that is NOT PC. Hypotheses (standing all by themselves) ARE bad science.<BR/><BR/>Hmmmmmm. Perhaps I should submit some of my crazy hypotheses... $$ka-ching$$Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-9417121541950868672007-08-22T19:47:00.000+01:002007-08-22T19:47:00.000+01:00Farmer John it's nothing to do with PC, it's simpl...Farmer John it's nothing to do with PC, it's simply an atrocious piece of work. <BR/><BR/>Look agaiin and you will see that Goldacre publishes the whole article, not just the introduction. The idiotic assertions are not referenced. If it had been a peer reviewed paper it would have been thrown into the bin.jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-3523613625629930882007-08-22T17:57:00.000+01:002007-08-22T17:57:00.000+01:00snoopy,I'm sure the authors of the study did have ...snoopy,<BR/><BR/>I'm sure the authors of the study did have a bit of proof supporting their conclusions. Unfortunately, the webmaster of the "Bad Science" website only posted the "introduction" to the paper, and one is required to be a subsciber to a service if one wishes to see the rest of it.<BR/><BR/>And without being able to see the "rest of it", it's a bit difficult to draw a reasoned conclusion as to its' scientific merit.<BR/><BR/>But those who would pre-judge the scientific merit of the study on the basis of its' "cover", so to speak, may wish to consider the reasons why they find the study so offensive and what THAT has to do with science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-8667698091095962492007-08-22T14:20:00.000+01:002007-08-22T14:20:00.000+01:00That is truly astonishing.And Farmer John - this i...That is truly astonishing.<BR/><BR/>And Farmer John - this is a kind of "hypothesis" that is not published without a) bracing oneself and b) having a bit of proof for such nonsense.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, what the heck is "Aggregated Professor", I wonder? Some kind of a Lego composition?SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-85644657871039034912007-08-22T01:40:00.000+01:002007-08-22T01:40:00.000+01:00So what's "unscientific" about looking for similar...So what's "unscientific" about looking for similarities between Down's kids and oriental people again? It may be un-PC, but I fail to see what is "unscientific" about it. Every good experiment requires a hypothesis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-45138656236940473622007-08-20T23:29:00.000+01:002007-08-20T23:29:00.000+01:00Thery are very good. I will have to see about gett...Thery are very good. I will have to see about getting a ticket myselfjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-60764365620261421512007-08-20T21:59:00.000+01:002007-08-20T21:59:00.000+01:00Hey Jams. Just read your profile we both like Porc...Hey Jams. Just read your profile we both like Porcupine Tree! :D<BR/><BR/>They're my fav. Saw them in London in April, and in Boston in May. And, I'm planning to go back to London in Nov. to see them again. :DThe Lone BeaderĀ®https://www.blogger.com/profile/17670946654211536130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-43875463220953412952007-08-20T17:45:00.000+01:002007-08-20T17:45:00.000+01:00I suppose if they are working on teh basis of no p...I suppose if they are working on teh basis of no publicity being bad publicity....jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-3141335883773917652007-08-20T17:02:00.000+01:002007-08-20T17:02:00.000+01:00Sounds like the sort of deliberately outrageous ps...Sounds like the sort of deliberately outrageous pseudo-scientific claptrap that gets written by academics when they are desperately short of cash. As I recall, Hans Eysenck wasn't above turning out this sort of rubbish from time to time.<BR/><BR/>In the words of Peter Cook, <I>"provocative f*cker"</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com