Re: An explanation for hormesis? -Reply

["McClure, D. A. 404/371-1971" <McClure-DA@Mindspring.com>]

The second paragraph below may be real evidence that the crew mentioned 
there actually does NOT believe what they are saying!

At 04:26 PM 2/6/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >>> "Jerry Cohen"
><jjcohen@prodigy.net> 02/06/01 01:58pm
> >>>
> >Does the phenomenon work both
> >ways? For example, would a genuine
> >belief in the occurrence of harmful
> >effects of exposure to DU cause
> >increased harmful effects...
>
>It seems to me that if an antiplacebo
>effect exists, those with the most
>intense paranoia about radiation,
>i.e., "every photon's a killer"
>(Goffman, Stewart, Wing, Alec Baldwin)
>would all be dead of cancer by now.
>
>More to the point: is there any
>evidence in any medical arena of
>psychosomatic cancer? It seems like it
>would be a little tough to cause
>cancer by pursuasion.
>
>Bob Flood
>
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