RE: Why effects of LDR differ from metabolism

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

Ted, 

Are you saying that all of the studies that were done have favored your

position?  That seems like a bold statement, or maybe you have not checked

all of the literature for the "black crow."   I was taught that biological

response is usually a spectrum of values, and in the regulatory arena, you

protect for the sensitive person, not the average or those at one end of the

spectrum of responses. 



-- John 



-----Original Message-----

From: Ted Rockwell [mailto:tedrock@cpcug.org]

Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 5:16 PM

To: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS); RadSafe

Subject: RE: Why effects of LDR differ from metabolism





>I have read a large body of the literature and am skeptical of the

results that you think are so important.  Posting a number of selected

articles and references while ignoring others that dispute the claims is

biased reporting.



John:



You miss the point.  It only takes one white crow to damage the argument

that all crows are black.  Only one.  It is not "biased" to focus on that

report. If you cannot disprove the one, then the counterargument is

questionable.  It doesn't matter whether the guy with the white crow is

biased.  If you can't shake the one, you look for others. If you find

others, the counterargument is dead.



In this case, we have hundreds of white crows.  And in fact there is not

even one black crow.  Just a statement that you can't exclude the possiblity

that some black crows exist.  There have been lots of reports about black

crows, but no one has produced one.  They just keep telling us that it is

impossible to actually produce a black crow (1.e. a person unequivocally

injured by LDR).



You've either got to face that situation, John, or concede that your opinion

is not supported by the data.



Ted Rockwell

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