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From: Roland Perry on 17 Apr 2010 10:52 In message <2e3hs5d1bqcb1ffcgev6kns9nbr8t60ek2(a)4ax.com>, at 17:24:31 on Fri, 16 Apr 2010, JMS <jmsmith2010(a)live.co.uk> remarked: >However, the point is that anything in a paper which has been >professionally peer reviewed is much more likely to be correct than >that in a book which has not been peer reviewed. Do you have a peer reviewed study that confirms that point of view? -- Roland Perry
From: john wright on 17 Apr 2010 11:03 On 17/04/2010 15:50, Roland Perry wrote: > In message <82p6vnFrqkU1(a)mid.individual.net>, at 20:16:07 on Thu, 15 Apr > 2010, john wright <john(a)pegasus.f2s.com> remarked: >> Of course to take part in any debate you need to know what you're >> talking about. > > That might work for scientists, but I doubt politicians see it as a > requirement. I would agree with that, especially after the ex-postman sacked David Nutt.. -- John Wright Use your imagination Marvin! Life's bad enough as it is - why invent any more of it.
From: Roland Perry on 17 Apr 2010 10:58 In message <2e3hs5d1bqcb1ffcgev6kns9nbr8t60ek2(a)4ax.com>, at 17:24:31 on Fri, 16 Apr 2010, JMS <jmsmith2010(a)live.co.uk> remarked: >(PS You suggested that the book may have been "peer reviewed"; do you >come across such things regularly?) It has seven pages of references to papers at the end (apologies for stealing your clothes), and the rear cover has twelve "reviews", including: debunking the myths surrounding risk - Financial Times stimulating and rewarding - Nature giant in the field of risk - New Statesman best I have seen on the topic for a long time - Prof Anglia Uni -- Roland Perry
From: Derek C on 17 Apr 2010 11:21 On 17 Apr, 15:58, Roland Perry <rol...(a)perry.co.uk> wrote: > In message <2e3hs5d1bqcb1ffcgev6kns9nbr8t60...(a)4ax.com>, at 17:24:31 on > Fri, 16 Apr 2010, JMS <jmsmith2...(a)live.co.uk> remarked: > > >(PS You suggested that the book may have been "peer reviewed"; do you > >come across such things regularly?) > > It has seven pages of references to papers at the end (apologies for > stealing your clothes), and the rear cover has twelve "reviews", > including: > > debunking the myths surrounding risk - Financial Times > stimulating and rewarding - Nature > giant in the field of risk - New Statesman > best I have seen on the topic for a long time - Prof Anglia Uni > > -- > Roland Perry When you look at any scientific research paper or book, always consider who is paying for the research (usually big companies or Governments), as even scientists don't normally work for nothing. You may remember that tobacco companies produced loads of papers that proved that smoking was not harmful a few years ago. As for the Bicycle Helmet Research Foundation and the Man Made Global Warming or Climate Change groups...................! Who would now believe anything that comes from the University of East Anglia, following the 'Climategate' scandal? Derek C
From: john wright on 17 Apr 2010 11:26
On 17/04/2010 15:58, Roland Perry wrote: > In message <2e3hs5d1bqcb1ffcgev6kns9nbr8t60ek2(a)4ax.com>, at 17:24:31 on > Fri, 16 Apr 2010, JMS <jmsmith2010(a)live.co.uk> remarked: > >> (PS You suggested that the book may have been "peer reviewed"; do you >> come across such things regularly?) > > It has seven pages of references to papers at the end (apologies for > stealing your clothes), and the rear cover has twelve "reviews", including: > > debunking the myths surrounding risk - Financial Times > stimulating and rewarding - Nature > giant in the field of risk - New Statesman > best I have seen on the topic for a long time - Prof Anglia Uni I would not give tuppence for most reviews on covers. For example I'm currently reading "God is Not Great" by Christopher Hitchens, and some of the reviews are from the Catholic Herald and the Tablet. One review one can take seriously is on the front cover: "If you are a religious apologist invited to debate with Christopher Hitchens, decline" - Richard Dawkins. This gives a sense of what the book is about, and it alone makes me suspect that any review from religious sources is heavily out of context. -- John Wright Use your imagination Marvin! Life's bad enough as it is - why invent any more of it. |