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To: long-gone who wrote (82183)2/17/2002 12:27:40 AM
From: E. Charters  Read Replies (1) of 116811
 
Generations have witnessed the rise in breast cancer among young and old to epidemic proportions. It is a national emergency. I don't recall its urgency in the 1920's when people were living quite long enough. I believe they had doctors then who could diagnose it.

What you are talking about is a statistical certainty about a cause. We know a statistical increase has a modern cause.
The only quesion is what is it? There is an increase in occurrence amongst people 40 to 60. Not just a death rate due to people who have lived a long, long time.

When you know you can talk. It has a cause. Do you know what it is? Is it really multi-variant? Do you know how you would investigate this over a 20 year period? You need a control group. Do you know where to get one, where ALL other things are equal?

One thing I do know is that the test of scientific method is taught in psychology, strangely enough, and sociology. But not in science! Statistical validity is the province of these so called non-sciences. Too bad. I have the odd course in this branch of lies, so having to judge the validity of studies for marks I became keenly aware of what people know from numbers and what is so much blather. PhD or nay. They don't scare me.

When you can talk, you will know.

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