[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Afternoon,
> Were you in R&D for 20yrs. or a liar for 20 yrs.? ;)
Often the same thing, Mac. Anybody involved in R&D can tell you about the
fights over funding.
>Seriously now.. what type of R&D were you involved in?
I was a technical program manager for Rome Air Development Center, which was
one of the main Air Force research laboratories. Our particular franchise
was the development of digital cartographic and geodetic data for automated
guidance systems. A spinoff to civilian use that people here are likely
familiar with is the geopositioning satellite data.
>Also, what convinces you that this is a hoax and not what some of
>the leading R&D people in the field are reporting it as...A breakthrough in
>research and a possible route towards a cure for cancer.
The hype vastly exaggerates a milestone that may indeed prove fruitful in
the future. It far too early to talk about a cure. Responsible researchers
have indeed noted that but the sensationalism of the press accounts drowns
out the cautions.
>You seem to blow them off as charlatans so easy when the facts that have
come >out clearly point to something that is truely a major step towards a
long >sought after solution.
Mac, you are the one who is slinging around words like charlatan and stupid.
The "major step" you see appears to me a small milestone on a decades-long
process that may or may not prove successful in the long run.
>This is not some quack with a lab in her basement or some witch doctor from
>the rainforest.
Again you are the one using words like quack and witch doctor for the
researchers. I didn't. Hucksterism of serious research may not always be
the best way to inform the public. Publication in scientific journals I can
assure you will be considerably more circumspect.
>You may believe in your heart that this is a hoax
>but the facts are pointing in the opposite direction.
>...Mac
Perhaps you will share with us your experience, knowledge or informed
opinion that leads you to the conclusion that a breakthrough has been
achieved. I recall many, e.g. interferon, monoclonal antibodies, cancer
vaccines, applications of light and even heat treatment. Numerous research
efforts are continuing on these and many others.
Great progress has been made in curing leukemia and lymphomas (Ron may
reasonably object to saying "cure" for a disease that may be only held in
remission for even a lifetime) and people are living much longer with
cancers of various kinds because of advances. But progress usually comes in
small increments with research indicated in many directions IMO.
Best, Terry
"Lawyer - one trained to circumvent the law" - The Devil's Dictionary
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