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Re: Re: Cohen's Fallacy
The "why" is nice to know but not necessary to acknowledge an observation.
Steam power was known a few hundred years BC; steam engines were used in
industries in the mid 17th century, and nobody knew "why" they worked until
Sadi Carnot, a quarter of a century later, explained "why".
Philippe Duport
----- Original Message -----
From: "BERNARD L COHEN" <blc+@PITT.EDU>
To: "Rad health" <healthrad@HOTMAIL.COM>
Cc: <Jack_Earley@RL.GOV>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>;
<motnivas@YAHOO.COM>; <tjsav@LYCOS.COM>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:54 PM
Subject: RE: Re: Cohen's Fallacy
>
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Rad health wrote:
>
> >
> > That is the question I have asked Dr. Cohen to explain numerous times.
> > Please provide a definitive explanation as to why the radon
concnetrations
> > show a rather large inverse correlation with smoking?
>
> --It is not my responsibility to explain this, although I could
> speculate on reasons if that were important. It is not important for my
> studies. My job is to find out what the correlations are and take them
> into account in my analyses.
>
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