tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post9065744882873050190..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Desperately poor science.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-41051932943420312562011-08-12T02:32:07.678+01:002011-08-12T02:32:07.678+01:00Chalcedon - like the link between increased asthma...Chalcedon - like the link between increased asthma and declining smoking? Oh, hang on...<br /><br />SBC - that should have been the delightfully ambiguous 'heavy toilet apparatus?' ;)<br /><br />Smokervoter - can you smoke while sitting on the board while out at sea? Technically you're not on the beach...<br /><br />The Rothmaniser - I once asked a bloke outside the pub what he thought of the smoking ban and he said it was 'a fooking daft idea dreamt up by a fooking loonie'. I'd say the science is settled on that one.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-37167785848876032462011-08-12T02:13:30.420+01:002011-08-12T02:13:30.420+01:00V from the S - cargo cult indeed.
Hangemall - wh...V from the S - cargo cult indeed. <br /><br />Hangemall - when it comes to the Balvenie Doublewood, there is no such thing as 'enough'. Nobody can afford enough.<br /><br />Frank - with science at this level, Andy Pandy could do better. Did you see the logic in one show (those under 40 won't know what the hell I'm on about) in which they played hide and seek? Teddy covered his eyes using the reasoning 'If I can't see Andy, then Andy can't see me'. That's the level of logic we're at now.<br /><br />Bucko - I've never weight trained. I did try teaching one to beg but it ignored me.<br /><br />Captain Haddock, what you need there is a sturdy tripod.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-10708490227419894702011-08-11T21:43:13.482+01:002011-08-11T21:43:13.482+01:00I just did a survey and 100% of respondents agreed...I just did a survey and 100% of respondents agreed with the concept that the publishers of Nicotine & Tobacco Research are congenitally retarded.<br /><br />Another focus group was unanimous in finding anyone who reads Nicotine & Tobacco Research and believes a word to also be congenitally retarded.<br /><br />There you have it. Can't argue with science.Twenty_Rothmansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-11706867791320514762011-08-11T20:56:22.452+01:002011-08-11T20:56:22.452+01:00So true Bucko. After the ultimate of all cardiores...So true Bucko. After the ultimate of all cardiorespiratory workouts - ocean surfing - there is nothing more satisfying (and tasty) than a cigarette on the beach. And now it's illegal. And all of you anti-smoking surfers shut the hell up, you know not of what you speak, much like this study.smokervoterhttp://smokervoter.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-4263562410734612932011-08-11T18:05:16.049+01:002011-08-11T18:05:16.049+01:00"I engage in weight-lifting every time I go f..."I engage in weight-lifting every time I go for a slash "<br /><br />Heavy toilet seat?<br /><br />:pSBChttp://nospam.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-62791087466519953442011-08-11T14:20:10.824+01:002011-08-11T14:20:10.824+01:00With n=25 the 'study' is useless. Far too ...With n=25 the 'study' is useless. Far too small to say anything at all. I remember being shown a correlation between the incidence of candidiasis and the incease in the tonnage of Japanese shipping, just to point out how spurious results can be concocted if you aren't careful.Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-92111530066213640502011-08-11T11:35:41.110+01:002011-08-11T11:35:41.110+01:00This study is a complete load of old bollocks ..
...This study is a complete load of old bollocks ..<br /><br />I engage in weight-lifting every time I go for a slash .. and it hasn't affected my ability to enjoy my Pipe by one iota .. ;)Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-23576475424287834492011-08-11T02:53:24.525+01:002011-08-11T02:53:24.525+01:00When I see junk like this, I sometimes think I cou...When I see junk like this, I sometimes think I could do better myself. Or at least, not worse.<br /><br />I sometimes think I might publish one such 'study' on my blog, after asking two or three people some stupid question. I could maybe even dress it all up with statistical significances and confidence intervals and graphs and tables and charts and all the rest of it.<br /><br />I just can't think of a stupid enough question.Frank Davishttp://cfrankdavis.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-86744325437907821762011-08-11T00:57:23.241+01:002011-08-11T00:57:23.241+01:00I too, am a Feynman fan. What a wonderful life he...I too, am a Feynman fan. What a wonderful life he had.<br /><br />That's enough Balvenie Doublewood. Night-night all.hangemallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-845251009096493412011-08-10T23:27:06.633+01:002011-08-10T23:27:06.633+01:00"Just a bunch of witchdoctors relying on the ..."Just a bunch of witchdoctors relying on the tribe's belief in your powers"<br /><br />In the words of <a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Richard_Feynman" rel="nofollow">the man</a>, cargo cult science.View from the Solenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00930587784230398787noreply@blogger.com