Re: Objectivity

["Rad health" <healthrad@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Dr. Long,



It is easy to offer a reward when the likely cause of the finding is 

cross-level bias that can not be proven.  Honesty, would entail admitting 

that one possible source of the inverse association "may" be the cross-level 

bias.



Don Smith - Epidemiologist

Don Simmons - Epidemiologist





>From: hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net

>Reply-To: hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net

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

>radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

>Subject: Re: Objectivity

>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:28:57 -0800

>

>John,

>You miss the point. Not a contest, but the degree to which anyone can be 

>intellectually honest (because we all rationalize), is a continual 

>challenge

>to any scientist. Bernie Cohen won the highest praise from the most 

>critical of scientists.

>

>Howard Long

>

>"Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" wrote:

>

> > Howard,

> > Since Dr. Cohen would be the judge of whether he was wrong or not, I 

>wonder

> > if it was a fair contest.

> >

> > -- John

> > John Jacobus, MS

> > Certified Health Physicist

> > 3050 Traymore Lane

> > Bowie, MD  20715-2024

> >

> > E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)

> >

> > -----Original Message-----

> > From: hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net

> > [mailto:hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net]

> > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 7:13 PM

> > To: Ted de Castro; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> > Subject: Re: Objectivity

> >

> > Ted,

> > Trying to prove oneself wrong, is promoted by some as the highest 

>expression

> > pf science. Bernard Cohen was held up to us as doing that.. Art Robinson

> > PhD, president of Oregon Inst of Science and Medicine 

>(http://www.oism.org)

> > with 3 Nobel Laureates on his staff, introduced Bernie to our Doctors 

>for

> > Disaster Preparedness meeting by saying he had never seen a scientist do 

>as

> > well as Bernie at trying to prove himself wrong (even offering a $3,000

> > reward to anyone who could).

> >

> > . . .

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