ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Daily wormers vs paste

Re: Daily wormers vs paste

Duncan Fletcher (dfletche@gte.net)
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 21:45:33 -0800

Perhaps if there are sufficient, independent, non conflicting ancedotes;
one incident is generally useless. I certainly would chase every lead if I
have the means to do so.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net

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> From: Tivers@aol.com
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: Re: Daily wormers vs paste
> Date: Thursday, March 20, 1997 4:00 PM
>
> Anecdotal or clinical evidence is just as useful as controlled laboratory
> data--perhaps more useful because it becomes available much more quickly.
The
> problems I have with both kinds of information is that too often
ridiculously
> incorrect conclusions are drawn from perfectly valid data.
>
> The only time I don't put a lot of stock in anecdotal information is when
you
> have somebody selling something with a whole lot of stories behind it.
It's
> better to hear the stories one at a time, from the originators, than to
hear
> them all collected together.
>
> Anecdotal information is what we call "experience". We do something,
there is
> a result, we do something else, there is a better result, therefore,
> "something else" is better, until more experience proves it otherwise. As
> long as nobody gets religious about his or her information, leaving "the
> truth" up for grabs, then, I say, chase down every lead you can find.
>
> ti

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