I'm glad the silver worked for your friend. See, reporting anecdotal evidence is fine. My difference with Ode is that he crossed a line, saying "unchanged after five years", claiming he "proved it" with an EC meter and laser pointer. That is the very soul of speaking in absolutes. :) You and I may both feel it is plausible that someone got some benefit from a solution stored for years, but if we pronounce the solution "unchanged", we take on a burden of proof which we cannot hope to satisfy (unless one of us is a lab tech with access to a well-equipped lab). That is all I'm saying. It is such an obvious point I'd have been happy to say it once and be done, but Ode keeps thinking he can "refute" the point. It just isn't possible to do that, period full stop.
The problem is, there may people on this list who are impressionable and do not possess the most refined critical thinking skills, and I fear for such people when I see the anecdotal pronounced as absolute. We should be more responsible than that! I for one am very enthusiastic about CS and recommend trying it to nearly everyone I meet who is plagued with a health issue for which they have no effective treatment. But I *don't* make extravagant claims, I simply say "it did this for me; it may help you too". That is IMO the responsible thing to do. We are all guinea pigs here, and there is much we do not know. So let's keep it honest and try to be humble adventurers in search of the truth. That's all I'm saying, really. I gets my goat when people make extravagant claims they cannot back, because that can only hurt us all. Again, apologies to Ode and anyone else I may have offended. I hope that this clears things up, regarding my intentions. Best Regards, indi On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 08:44:47AM +0100, Dee wrote: > With silver being so sensitive to *any* contaminants, I would have > thought it would show some colour change or something, if something had > become contaminated within it. Would not the taste change? I gave some > three year old silver (a bit cruddy) to someone who had never used it > and was a sceptic, but she had been to the doctors for two months with > raging diarrhoea and sickness, and she drank the whole 250mls out of > desperation. Hey presto, she was cured and is now a silver fan. > Obviously this was just as efficaceous as any made recently. To me, this > is 'proof' enough, as it was in a clear bottle and just chucked on a > shelf somewhere for the three years. dee > > Indi wrote: >> We seem to be on different pages here. When you speak in absolutes, I >> tend to take it literally. Now I understand, >> you speak in absolutes but are "taking a lot on faith". That's fine for >> you, but IMO it is irresponsible to broadcast "EIS unchanges after five >> years" >> armed with only an EC meter and a laser pointer, for the simple reason >> that those devices are not enough to *prove* your claims (in scientific >> terms). >> >> > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
