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• cwan 17y ago
  Does that make their points any less valid? Would it not seem reasonable to look at both sides of the issue - especially given the issues that they raise with the studies (particularly given some of the oversimplifications in the media after they were published)?
  • dejb 17y ago
    > Does that make their points any less valid? If you are relying on them to provide a reasonable and unbiased summary of the scientific consensus on an issue then yes. There is no reason to trust what they are saying. They are likely to have cherry picked the evidence to support their customer's views. Of course the points 'could' be valid but because of the lack of trust you would actually have to go to the source material to have any level of confidence. Perhaps you should do this.
    • cwan 17y ago
      Alternatively, I could read their comments and read a few of the original studies (or at least their summaries) and find the questions that they raise are indeed valid - which you may choose to do as well. They did not provide a consensus view but rather pointed out the limitations of the study which the original authors also pointed out though others, like the conclusions you have made, have cherry picked from.