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RE: A clarification following John Jacobus's comments about my news item.
Jerry,
Why would they be embarrassed about the "good news?" Are they part of some
conspiracy. John Cameron said that he had contacted Dr. Doll, one of the
authors of the British Radiographers report, who said he did not agree with
John's conclusions. Maybe John can tell us why Dr. Doll did not believe
there was any "good news."
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Cohen [mailto:jjcohen@PRODIGY.NET]
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 5:08 PM
To: John Jacobus; RADSAFE
Subject: Re: A clarification following John Jacobus's comments about my
news item.
John,
Another possible explanation of why the authors "did not see the good
news" might be a desire to avoid embarrassment. Saying that the results show
no evidence of increased health effects is a safe conclusion. To assert that
low-dose exposure may actually result in beneficial effects could remove the
authors from the category of being respected scientists to one of being
"some kind of nut".
The LNT concept is well embedded in our culture. According to
Thomas Kuhn (HPJ 52:521), there is a strong tendency to reject any evidence
that runs counter to the prevailing paradigm. Depending on how you
look at it, asserting that "the emperor has no clothes" could be considered
either a courageous or a foolhardy action.
. . .
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