Remember the incredible case of the woman who became pregnant, and then was found to be also carrying triplets due three months later?
Remember that I wrote to the journalist and expressed serious concern that it was a hoax? And that the journalist at Ananova, Steve Laws reassuringly replied (Nov 13, 2001): "The story you refer to is certainly amazing, which is why we checked it out with experts and confirmed to our own satisfaction that the condition was possible...the couple have now agreed to be named and interviewed on Italian TV." "I'm not sure how much extra proof you require. Both the stories we have published quote respected doctors in Italy who are happy to go on the record explaining what the situation is and how the condition arose." "The Daily Mail, which has attribution in the second Ananova story, is a respected national UK newspaper selling five million copies a day. The story was also reported on the same day by BBC Radio Five Live, who spoke to a UK gynaecologist who explained that while he had never heard of the condition in humans it does happen rarely in some other species". Steve Laws News Editor Ananova Limited Turns out it's a hoax, after all. Sigh! See: http://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_541371.html -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
