Somebody once said: If an AMA doctor, hospital, medical research establishmen, etc. reports on a patient's real life medical experience, it is called a "Case Study", if it is reported by someone else, like the patient, it is called "Anecdotal Evidence".
________________________________ From: Peter Converse <[email protected]> To: Neville Munn <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Wed, January 27, 2010 9:12:50 AM Subject: Re: CS>Anecdotal Evidence and CS Exactly, Neville! It's the "how" and the "how much" that matters. Incorrect conclusions can easily be drawn to support either the pro or the con side of any topic if the biggest possible picture, based upon the best possible infomation which is presently available and understood, is not seen for what it is. Taking as many surrounding facts into account as possible and logging them for future reference helps to develop the big picture experience and that is precisely why Lists like this one provide so much wisdom. When a large number of people are acting and reporting in a similar way, their collective experiences start to add up to something much bigger than a single personal effert, due to duplication of results. When this type of synergistic collective experimenting/reporting is being carried out, anecdotal evidence can be very meaningful as each successive anecdote helps to confirm another similar one or chip away at some of the credibility of a dissimilar one, until the "statue", if you will, of evidence begins to take on a definite form of its own as it's shaped by a multitude of experimenters/artists who are all contributing to the final, or at least, fairly recognizable, piece of work/art. So, keep the anecdotes coming! They are worth their weight in silver, if not gold! Peter ----- Original Message ----- >From: Neville > Munn >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:59 > PM >Subject: RE: CS>Anecdotal Evidence and > CS > >Which is why a million questions need be asked so it can be > logged and put up against another case which may come to light in > the future, then comparisons can be made and a more accurate assessment may > ensue. It's more a matter of *how much* information will/can be > willingly/readily given or extracted from the individual and what > conclusions, > if any, can be drawn based on that information. > >Most > correlate 'CS' with argyria, but that 'CS' usually constitutes *anything* > that > contains silver, or even the smell of silver? That alone prompts a > thousand questions...Fairly difficult to determine with a degree of accuracy > one way or tuther I would think from information available on the net > today...Questions, questions, questions...Answers not entirely convincing or > praps even trustworthy...supposition, inuendo, trickery, and some of course > are outright lies...doesn't make an assessment any easier for or > against! So, best everyone keeps plugging away on their own I spose > using themselves as 'case studies', guinea pigs, or lab rats...each > convincing themselves and/or making their own deliberations along the > way. > >N. > >________________________________ > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:04:29 -0800 >From: [email protected] >To: > [email protected] >Subject: CS>Anecdotal Evidence and CS > > > >I'm always reluctant to accept anecdotal evidence at > face value. > >________________________________ > Sell your old one fast! Time for a > new car?
