RE: clusters

["Tsurikov, Nick" <nick.tsurikov@iluka.com>]

Hello, Sandy

You just wrote: "...there is a danger in this logic..."   Yeah...  it is...


However, it is only us, anchovies, who have to have some logic.  Usually
(not always, of course) people running projects like this "tooth fairy" one,
don't need any.  Just put a celebrity up-front and everybody behind sings
anti-nuclear mantras as loud as possible.  No need for logic - who needs it
in case like that?

Kind regards
Nick Tsurikov
Eneabba, Western Australia
http://eneabba.net/ <http://eneabba.net/> 

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Sandy Perle [mailto:sandyfl@earthlink.net]
		Sent:	Thursday, 10 August 2000 11:15
		To:	Multiple recipients of list
		Subject:	Re: clusters

		> 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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