RE: Bernie's original post raising the "reward" to $2500

["Ted Rockwell" <tedrock@CPCUG.ORG>]

If those who put so much effort into decrying the fine print in Cohen's

offer would step back and look at the substantive intent, we'd make better

progress.  Cohen was clearly challenging people to find a flaw in his work

that would invalidate his conclusion.  This has not been done.



Pushkin speculates that a radon-smoking relationship might do this, but

Cohen has replied many times to that obvious notion.  He has shown that no

such relationship can be large enough to change the basic conclusion.  What

Cohen specifically asked was that someone postulate a relationship that

would in fact reverse the inverse relationship his data so clearly indicate.

This requires that some numbers be proposed that are within the realm of

reasonable possibility. This has not been done.



I might suggest that if Cohen took into account the phase of the moon, his

conclusions might be disproved.  But I would not expect him to pay me for

that off-hand suggestion, with no numerical proof of its magnitude, let

alone its relevance.



Ted Rockwell



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

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[mailto:owner-radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu]On Behalf Of Sandy Perle

Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:48 AM

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Subject: Bernie's original post raising the "reward" to $2500





To: internet RADSAFE <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>

Subject: $2500 award

From: Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>

Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 12:43:46 -0500 (EST)



http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/9701/msg00281.html



Haven't found the original post regarding the $1000 reward.





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