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He was referencing another thread (quite clearly) in which despite his claims, he brought up the PHD as a requirement.
Redneck has been more than generous with his informative and thoughtful description of the process.
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: ScepticScot
He was referencing another thread (quite clearly) in which despite his claims, he brought up the PHD as a requirement.
Then perhaps you should have specified the context of your post... perhaps with a link? I did notice you keep demanding such from him but have produced none yourself.
This entire thread you have seemingly been completely unable to grasp what I actually wrote out. Now you expect me to know what you are thinking without you writing it out?
TheRedneck
If this has not been established and there is no evidence in the paper to show that this is the case then how can a peer reviewed article in a scientific journal make such a claim?
I get that the author(s) may think that this is the case but this is opinion or speculation not scientific fact.
What am I missing here?
My reply was to that poster. It was your choice to interject your mistaken opinion.
Thre claims made were by the other poster. it's his responsibility to provide the link.
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: ScepticScot
My reply was to that poster. It was your choice to interject your mistaken opinion.
And it was made on a public board; that by definition invites others to participate. There is no restriction on ATS as to who can comment on a post (Staff warnings excepted).
Thre claims made were by the other poster. it's his responsibility to provide the link.
Actually, you both made claims. Yours was that he had made a statement contradictory to what i had said, which I knew was false in the context of this thread. You also failed to provide any context to your statement, apparently making the assumption that anyone who read it would also have knowledge of another discussion which you did not only not reference, but you completely failed to even indicate.
I went back and looked to be sure. I saw no reference in your statement to any other thread or any other discussion.
If there is a lesson i would want you to take away from this, it is this: spend some time on the wording of your statements and claims, and when you do make a mistake, own it. I have been corrected many, many times on this forum, and every single time I have acknowledged the correction and continued on a little wiser than before. There is no shame in being wrong occasionally; we all do it. The shame is in refusing to admit it when that happens.
TheRedneck
Perhaps you might benefit from a little introspection about your own posting behaviour before trying to lecture others
originally posted by: TheRedneck
a reply to: nonspecific
If this has not been established and there is no evidence in the paper to show that this is the case then how can a peer reviewed article in a scientific journal make such a claim?
I get that the author(s) may think that this is the case but this is opinion or speculation not scientific fact.
What am I missing here?
What you are missing is that the paper is not the final word on what it says. No paper ever is. That's one of the points I have been trying to get across, and the entire reason peer review works the way it does.
When Einstein published his first papers on Relativity (to continue to (ab)use my favorite example), it was unproven. A great many scientists at the time thought it was a bunch of poppy-cock. How could constants like time, mass, or length change with perspective? It made no sense.
Now, years later, we know that it does make sense. Relativity has been proven to be true. That all came about because of peer review: others from across the globe devised experiments to test Relativity, and every single one was a peer review. Had proof of Relativity been a requirement of publication, the chances are very good that we wouldn't understand it today (not that most completely understand it anyway; some days I wonder if I do, lol). We wouldn't have GPS to get us lost on trips; the satellites that drive the GPS network cannot function properly unless Relativistic effects are considered.
The authors who made that statement are attempting to prove their case. They are presenting their evidence. Peer review, if allowed to function as it was intended, will eventually either prove or disprove their assertion. On the other hand, the information presented by Big Pharma is not peer-reviewed; it is a statement of what they claim to be true and is not subject to any global attempt to prove or disprove it. That's the difference between a corporate press release and a scientific paper.
Is any of this getting through?
TheRedneck
originally posted by: hombero
Damn man, 94% eh?
And I still don't know a single person of hundreds vaccinated to suffer worse than a sore arm and headache.
It's rather amazing, that.
a reply to: v1rtu0s0
originally posted by: face23785
originally posted by: Klassified
a reply to: AaarghZombies
The people peer reviewing it are either fake or are known anti vaxxers.
Here's a thorough debunk link
"Come on man!" Your link goes to a discussion forum. By your own measure, it's worthless as a source. Their whole purpose for being is to debate topics they know little to nothing about. They aren't experts at anything. They certainly aren't known or recognized experts.
Metabunk.org is dedicated to the art and pastime of honest, polite, scientific investigating of unusual claims. It is primarily a discussion forum, however the focus is on providing concise useful resources, and attempting to avoid repetitive debate and arguments.
I'm not saying the information in their thread is wrong, but by the measure you provided, they aren't to be taken seriously because they don't agree with what I want to believe.
They do the same thing with anecdotes.
If you've got an anecdote of someone who got the vaccine and got sick from it, or got the vaccine and still died from Covid:
"That's just anecdotal, that doesn't mean anything! Don't you know anything about sample size? You're anti-science! Scientific method, double-blind, I-Heart-Big-Pharma blah blah blah!!!"
Literally the next day they'll come at you with an anecdotal story of someone they know who didn't get vaccinated and died of Covid. And they know they're being hypocrites, they just think it's okay since they're on the right "side."
You can't have a serious discussion with these kinds of people.