Re: Don't Forget The Cannoli (was Re: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-09 Thread Paul Brandon
Great! On Jan 8, 2013, at 11:19 PM, drnanjo wrote: > > Here's Obi Wan for you all > Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato pkbra...@hickorytech.net --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: htt

Re:[tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-09 Thread Mike Palij
Okay, maybe we should use an example that doesn't involve Walmart, cannoli, and/or cooking show hosts. Consider: A person suffers from a really bad case of athlete's foot. The cause of athlete's foot is a fungal infection, typically ringworm; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlete%27s_foot No

RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-09 Thread Horton, Joseph J.
h.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 9:21 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth" Alton Brown is less likely to kill people by recommending unproven procedures. False analogy! On Jan 8, 2

Re: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Paul Brandon
ollege Grove >> City, PA 16127 >> >> 724-458-2004 jjhor...@gcc.edu >> >> In God we trust. All others must bring data. >> >> -Original Message- From: Mike Palij >> [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 1:33 PM >> To: Teachi

RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Horton, Joseph J.
n the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth" Hi Joe: One difficulty I have with evaluating your argument is that I don't know the specific details of your case. This is not a call to reveal private details but

Re: Don't Forget The Cannoli (was Re: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Ken Steele
Sent from my iPad On Jan 8, 2013, at 6:54 PM, Mike P wrote > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > P.S. The singular form of cannoli is cannolo but Americans treat cannoli > as singular and wind up using cannolis for the plural. Since I'm not one > of those anal-retentive A

Re: Don't Forget The Cannoli (was Re: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Paul Brandon
First of all -- in the words of Obiwan Cannoli: NO ONE has just one cannola. And more seriously First, is this legal thinking or medical reasoning? Second, is this a weakness on the part of "Business Insider", or on the part of their readers and consumers in general? And third, this is ass

Don't Forget The Cannoli (was Re: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Mike Palij
I don't understand why but I'm starting to feel like I'm writing in Portuguese or something because some key points keep getting missed. Let me refer interested readers to the pro-business "Business Insider" which has a short article on this case and praises the decision to let Big Pharma market

Re: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Ken Steele
.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 1:33 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth" On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:59:25 -0800, Joseph J. Horton wrote: I am not particularly dist

RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Horton, Joseph J.
bring data. -Original Message- From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 1:33 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth" On Tue, 08 Jan 201

Re: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
Mike Palij wrote in part: .Yet it appears that the judges did not appreciate this >point>and/or considered the truthfulness of the statement as not as important as a>person or drug company's "right" to claim that the drug can be used for >almost>any condition.>>Something to think about.>>- It sou

RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Mike Palij
On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:59:25 -0800, Joseph J. Horton wrote: I am not particularly disturbed by this ruling depending upon just what claims are being made. If it is clear the claim is based on a collection of anecdotes rather than empirical study informing physicians that others have found a dru

RE: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Horton, Joseph J.
esday, January 08, 2013 10:53 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth" The journal "Nature Medicine" has a disturbing article on a legal decision concerning whether a Food and

[tips] Failure of Critical Thinking: When Advertising Trumps "Truth"

2013-01-08 Thread Mike Palij
The journal "Nature Medicine" has a disturbing article on a legal decision concerning whether a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drug can be used or advertised for "off-label" use. The FDA typically requires that a drug company demonstrate evidence that a drug is effective in the treat