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FW: What makes an 'expert' and expert?
I just received this and thought members of this list would be interested.
-- John
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Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 10:29 PM
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Subject: What makes an 'expert' and expert?
New from JunkScience.com, http://www.junkscience.com
What makes an 'expert' an expert?
By Steven Milloy, Fox News
Columbine shooting survivor Mark Taylor is suing Solvay Pharmaceuticals
alleging the anti-depressant drug Luvox made shooter Eric Harris psychotic
and violent.
U.S. District Court Judge Clarence Brimmer, hearing the case in Denver last
week, ruled the lawsuit could proceed and Taylor's two scientific "experts"
could testify.
One of Taylor's experts, Peter Breggin, claimed in a preliminary report
filed with the court that Luvox triggered Harris' rampage. "Absent
persistent exposure to Luvox, Eric Harris would probably not have committed
violence and suicide," claims Breggin...
The full column is at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,62922,00.html
Steve Milloy
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