Mario wrote: As further proof, you went out of your way to misquote Gilbert in order to make your point. The actual quote after the mice experiment is as follows: "So "old grand-mothers' tales" are not to be ignored except at our own peril!" Previously Gilbert had said, "Many a time, we "mock" peoples' beliefs as myths or "Old grandmothers' tale"Yet, often "Old grandmothers' observations" are on orclose to the mark."
Sunith responds: Mario, please go through the post again and tell me what comes immediately after the mice expeiment. Please take your time and stop foolishly and falsely accusing me of misquoting anyone. I can convert it to audio format and send it to you if you are having trouble reading. The following quote appears in Gilberts Post in Goanet Digest 327 under the Subject line "Re: Science as Religion / response to Fred (Gilbert Lawrence)" (Quote)A few years ago, an experiment was undertaken where a batch of mice were injected with an identical quantity (volume) of aggressive cancer cells. As expected the mice developed multiple tumors (metastasis) in the lung. Half the mice were then operated to remove tumors from just one lung. The other half of the batch of mice did not undergo any surgery. The mice were then followed. The mice with their tumor (partly) removed died much earlier than the group where the tumors in both lungs were allowed to grow uninterrupted. Thus the grandmother's observation was accurate.(End of Quote) So I ask again, Does this paragraph not clearly (no biases involved, just plain English) state that the mice experiment has proved the "grandmothers kani" as accurate? Of course he falls over his own point in the next paragraph when he gives the actual scientific explanation for the results. Regards Sunith Velho _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org