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



I guess the thing that bothers me is that Dr. Cohen

determines if the who gets the reward, rather than an

impartial panel.  Besides Dr. Cohen and his

"followers", have any epidemiologists found Dr.

Pushkin in error?



--- Ted Rockwell <tedrock@CPCUG.ORG> wrote:

> 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.

> . . .





=====

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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