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I don't understand the phrasing there, "She was adamant". If it was a controlled test, why should she need to be "adamant" about anything, surely she would hav
by eterm 11y ago
I don't understand the phrasing there, "She was adamant".
If it was a controlled test, why should she need to be "adamant" about anything, surely she would have merely identified it.
- MLR 11y agoShe was adamant that one of the control group members (i.e. no Parkinson's) had Parkinson's.
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- IkmoIkmo 11y agoI guess after the test they told her the results (i.e., you're wrong on 1 person because he's in the control group and doesn't have Parkinson's), at which point she insisted that he smelled the same as the others, and then the journalist wrote that up as 'she was adamant he had Parkinson's'. Or she really did fully believe in her sense of smell as an ability to detect Parkinson's without doubt, at which point it as much sense for her to say a person has Parkinson's as you to say the sky is really blue because your eyes tell you and the journalist simply relayed that. There's various readings of the phrase that can make sense.
- hueving 11y agoMaybe the researchers informed her of what they thought the correct results were afterwards and she insisted on her interpretation.
- IkmoIkmo 11y agoI guess after the test they told her the results (i.e., you're wrong on 1 person because he's in the control group and doesn't have Parkinson's), at which point she insisted that he smelled the same as the others, and then the journalist wrote that up as 'she was adamant he had Parkinson's'. Or she really did fully believe in her sense of smell as an ability to detect Parkinson's without doubt, at which point it as much sense for her to say a person has Parkinson's as you to say the sky is really blue because your eyes tell you and the journalist simply relayed that. There's various readings of the phrase that can make sense.
- Nadya 11y agoShe needs to be "adamant" because that person was in the control group". He was supposed to not have it but she was certain he did and he got tested for it. I have a red coin and a green coin. I hide the two coins behind my back and ask you to pick the red coin. You pick my left hand, revealing a red coin. You then tell me to reveal my right hand because it also has a red coin. Even though I told you I only have a red coin and a green coin. I don't believe you. Why should I? I selected a red coin and a green coin and you had already guessed which hand held the red coin. You stand firm. You're absolutely certain my other hand contains a red coin. I open my right hand and reveal a red coin. You wouldn't need to be "adamant" if you told me that my right hand held a green coin. I know it was a green coin - I placed it there! She had to be "adamant" because everyone thought she was surely wrong. After all - that was one of the control members. They believed she was wrong. Turns out she was right.