Nadja Z
Cathlete
RE: Maybe the
>Nadja, there is no way you read that entire article in the
>amount of time it took for you to post your reply. It was so
>long, I couldn't even finish reading it...had to print it out
>and bring it home.
Excuse me? I'm confused as to how you seem to know my that level of reading comprehension is insufficient to finish that article in over half an hour. As a biochemist myself, I'm used to reading peer-reviewed journal articles with actual data all day every day, not 'he said she said' fluff.
My original point was, data itself is meaningless. Especially when out of context in an article such as what you posted. Unless you've got the original data, along with the original experimental methodology, controls, etc. to pick at and analyze, and the reasoning and justification behind the conclusions that were drawn from that data, any statement or citation is meaningless.
Another biochemist in my lab prefers honey to aspartame. We've discussed the topic quite a few times. Google a topic and you can find anything you want to hear. An article having references means nothing, until you've personally analyzed those references, and the references of those, and the references of those...
>Nadja, there is no way you read that entire article in the
>amount of time it took for you to post your reply. It was so
>long, I couldn't even finish reading it...had to print it out
>and bring it home.
Excuse me? I'm confused as to how you seem to know my that level of reading comprehension is insufficient to finish that article in over half an hour. As a biochemist myself, I'm used to reading peer-reviewed journal articles with actual data all day every day, not 'he said she said' fluff.
My original point was, data itself is meaningless. Especially when out of context in an article such as what you posted. Unless you've got the original data, along with the original experimental methodology, controls, etc. to pick at and analyze, and the reasoning and justification behind the conclusions that were drawn from that data, any statement or citation is meaningless.
Another biochemist in my lab prefers honey to aspartame. We've discussed the topic quite a few times. Google a topic and you can find anything you want to hear. An article having references means nothing, until you've personally analyzed those references, and the references of those, and the references of those...