> I just *love* the way reporters report "research" - none of this (no
> controls, not random selection) showed up in any stories I saw.
>
> >From Edupage:
>
> NET DEPRESSION STUDY CRITICIZED
> Various researchers, including Vanderbilt University's Donna L. Hoffman,
> are criticizing the recently released Carnegie Mellon University study
> that suggested that the Net may be a lonely place, causing depression in
> many people who used it extensively for e-mail, chat, and similar
??? Lots of funny stuff in my e-mail, from people using Woodnose-95
to actually try to build something, to folks who have used woodnose-98
CD-ROM's as fins on a rocket. And assorted other things, both
comprehensible and in.
> Hoffman says the CMU research is "not ready for prime time. This is not
> saying that Internet does not cause depression. Maybe it does -- but
> this research does not prove that." She adds that the CMU finding is
Of course, if you go to the medical support mailing lists... sure
they are depressed. Some are even marginally delusional. (Like one list I
fled from. I got flamed for inserting my comments into the text body, as
I am doing here, and for explaining the biochemical reasons some things
happen... I hear the list fell apart shortly there after and reformed
as two separate lists... One of which is probably still less than sane.)
> hard to believe because it runs "counter to experience, anecdotal
> evidence, practice and scholarly research."
> (Washington Post 7 Sep 98)
Yes... 'Driving your car will make you highly irritated, very angry,
and extremely frustrated! So proves a survey of 500 motorists taken at
4:45 in downtown New York.' Uhh... in grid lock, no?
And of course the classic, 100% of the people who ate tuna fish
sandwiches before the airplane accident died. Therefore, do not, under
ANY circumstances, eat tuna fish sandwiches before flying...
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