Re: doug taylor (Pathological Science)

["Bjorn Cedervall" <bcradsafers@HOTMAIL.COM>]

>Not to mention the magical and imagined (postulated, unproven and

uniquely and unequivocally detrimental) effect of trivial doses on the

human immune system.

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SYMPTOMS OF PATHOLOGICAL SCIENCE



1. The maximum effect that is observed is produced by a causative agent of 

barely detectable intensity, and the magnitude of the effect is 

substantially independent of the intensity of the cause.



2. The effect is of a magnitude that remains close to the limit of 

detectability or, many measurements are necessary because of the very low 

statistical significance of the results.



3. There are claims of great accuracy.



4. Fantastic theories contrary to experience are suggested.



5. Criticisms are met by ad hoc excuses thought up on the spur of the 

moment.



6. The ratio of supporters to critics rises up to somewhere near 50 % and 

then falls gradually to oblivion.



Transcribed and edited by Robert N. Hall (Physics Today, October 1989:36).

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