Guest guest Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 I long time ago I used to work in market research and one of the questions that was always asked quietly of our clients (which included government) was " what would you like the study to reveal? " Its a dirty game and unfortunately the public at large tend to think as soon as they see some numbers put together with the word science loosely thrown around, that it must be absolute fact. monika smetana wrote: > > Hmmm this article is so typical - starts of " pretending " to support > non-vaxers and then throws in the punches like " Their (the > parent's) biggest single fear is that the shot for measles, mumps and > rubella could cause their children to become autistic, despite solid > scientific studies that show no evidence of that " - mmm ya no evidence > I bet. They should read some Boyd Haley studies. In one very > interesting interview I heard with Boyd Haley, he discusses the > rhetoric of " scientific " studies and how so many studies being > published by big pharm are bad science to the point where they are > just that, rhetoric. > > My MA thesis focused partly on the rhetoric of science and medicine > and I must agree, the government and the pharmaceutical industries > only do studies that will prove whatever point they want, and if they > think their point will be disproven by a study they will not fund it, > hence why there have been so few studies on the actual link between > mercury and autism. Even more interesting is that the main study > (can't find the source now but will dig it up) that supposedly > " disproved " the mercury-autism connection did not yield results that > confirmed the conclusion, and when Boyd Haley asked to see the data of > the study, all the scientists involved in the study (I believe it was > 11 or so) coincidentaly " lost " their data. > > Boyd Haley talks about it here: > Dr. Boyd Haley talks about mercury in dental fillings and vaccines > with Internet Radio Host Stan Kurtz of " From the Children's Corner > School. " ChildrensCornerSchool.com. > http://www.mercurypoisoned.com/boydhaley.wmv > <http://www.mercurypoisoned.com/boydhaley.wmv> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 Can you recommend a specific book by Boyd Haley? Thanks On Jan 9, 2009, at 11:23 PM, monika smetana wrote: > Hmmm this article is so typical - starts of " pretending " to support > non-vaxers and then throws in the punches like " Their (the > parent's) biggest single fear is that the shot for measles, mumps > and rubella could cause their children to become autistic, despite > solid scientific studies that show no evidence of that " - mmm ya no > evidence I bet. They should read some Boyd Haley studies. In one > very interesting interview I heard with Boyd Haley, he discusses > the rhetoric of " scientific " studies and how so many studies being > published by big pharm are bad science to the point where they are > just that, rhetoric. > > My MA thesis focused partly on the rhetoric of science and > medicine and I must agree, the government and the pharmaceutical > industries only do studies that will prove whatever point they > want, and if they think their point will be disproven by a study > they will not fund it, hence why there have been so few studies on > the actual link between mercury and autism. Even more interesting > is that the main study (can't find the source now but will dig it > up) that supposedly " disproved " the mercury-autism connection did > not yield results that confirmed the conclusion, and when Boyd > Haley asked to see the data of the study, all the scientists > involved in the study (I believe it was 11 or so) coincidentaly > " lost " their data. > > Boyd Haley talks about it here: > Dr. Boyd Haley talks about mercury in dental fillings and vaccines > with Internet Radio Host Stan Kurtz of " From the Children's Corner > School. " ChildrensCornerSchool.com. > http://www.mercurypoisoned.com/boydhaley.wmv > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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