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To: Dayuhan who wrote (4067)	2/15/2001 12:01:49 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

Imagine that 300 people have the same disease. 100 receive no treatment at all, 100 receive treatment A, 100 receive treatment B. 60 of those in the no-treatment group die, 25 of those receiving treatment A die, and none of those receiving treatment A [sic-apparently B intended here] die. If I say that people receiving B are less likely to die of that particular disease than those who go untreated or those who receive treatment A, is that merely an opinion? Precisely. I'm glad I was so clear. First, it's only an opinion whether the people are really dead. Second, it's only an opinion whether they actually had this disease. Third, it's only an opinion whether they died of the disease. It's only an opinion whether the controls I will accept your assumption as having been properly in place actually meant anything. I don't deny that some opinions have more common acceptance than others. Indeed, I said that. But they're still opinions.