Re: clusters

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

> It's just plain statistics and does not have to represent a
> cause and effect relationship in the real world.

Thank you Kjell,

That was what I thought, and why I posted my earlier response. 
This was also a statement made recently by Vincent Covello, 
regarding clusters, and the fallacy of always attributing some 
cause for them. The "tooth fairy project" does just that, assumes 
the cause MUST be Oyster Creek, since it is in the vicinity, 
radiation (at high doses causes cancer) and therefore, the plant 
must be the cause. There is danger in this logic, and it goes 
beyond nuclear power, since it is also used by other factions 
fighting other entities.
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