Re: [Swprograms] Why Researchers Should Be Gelded

[Mike Barraclough <softbulletin1@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I trust you and yours are faring at least ok what
> with all the  
> unwelcome activity in the tubes there.

All fine thanks. I go into London two/three times a
month for concerts or theatre, my line goes into Kings
Cross so have seen the memorial garden there which is
quite heartbreaking. The tube carries three million
people daily so those statistics put things in
perspective.

> 
> Now, most such reports start from the opposite end. 
> A conclusion is  
> drawn and someone is paid to find and emphasize all
> the evidence  
> supporting it and ignore or minimize that which
> doesn't.  In the two  
> reports I cited (somewhat tongue in cheek), the one
> claiming no one  
> was interested in satellite radio was written on
> behalf of the  
> terrestrial broadcasting industry.  The other
> one--by Kagan, who at  
> one time had impeccable credentials but now is also
> much more of a  
> hired gun by those touting newer
> technologies--emphasizes a dramatic  
> growth in subscribers and revenue.

Don't necessarily geld the researchers, geld the
people who selectively quote the research, there is
plenty research the public never gets to hear about.
And in this information age make sure that how
legitimate statistical data can be manipulated and
presented to the public in a misleading way is on the
school curriculum. Can't see politicians getting
behind that one though :)

Mike





	
	
		
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