tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post6134763971688520606..comments2024-02-24T08:45:36.112+00:00Comments on TheFatBigot Opines: Tobacco companies and open goalsTheFatBigothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17255526385076528633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-49130044200810670712011-09-04T21:01:54.481+01:002011-09-04T21:01:54.481+01:00In PR terms it is a good thing that the point has ...In PR terms it is a good thing that the point has been made "We asked for the data, they wouldn't tell us".<br /><br />For the big picture that is all that counts. In fact, it's a bonus that the prof has chucked his teddy out of his cot as it has made the story big and simple: the prof is hiding something.<br /><br />In PR terms we don't even need to know what it is - we only need to know that it is a Secret, from which it follows that it must be adverse to his case or he wouldn't be hiding it. <br /><br />Absolutely the last thing one needs in a PR argument is somebody whacking a load of data on the desk and saying "This is my argument" because a) you might have to read it and b) you might have to explain it, gah. Even if you did, you still can't win an argument with those kinds of explanations, even if you could show his research was bunk. He'd win by showing a fat file stuffed to bursting rather than any coherent argument. What's really needed is to comb the file until you find the incriminating email which describes all smokers as scum and everybody else as witless fools.Woman on a Rafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897415591130901416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6382255864661846735.post-74058914515223951672011-09-04T09:52:14.919+01:002011-09-04T09:52:14.919+01:00Sterling?
There appear to be two distinct types o...Sterling?<br /><br />There appear to be two distinct types of science.<br /><br />Good Science comprises collection of subjective data, subjective interpretation of said data and publication of subjectiive conclusions arising therefrom. The other requisites of Good Science are that it be cloaked in secrecy and publicly funded. The outcome of Good Science is unfailingly that we are told not to do something.<br /><br />Bad Science is doing tricky stuff that makes money or improves the human condition. Bad Science is frowned upon by many academics because it requires a brain.john millernoreply@blogger.com