In Reply to: Re: I would be interested to read descriptions of the blind tests and results posted by May Belt on March 28, 2007 at 12:07:38:
In contrast to others who may post here, I get a good feeling that you are interested in real testing and sincerely trying to verify your observations. Also, I very much appreciate that you suggest things that are free, that you don't make money on. I will certainly read your account when time permits. Certainly a blind trial is a big step in the right direction of controlling extraneous variables.It is not unusual in the world of science for people to become personally offended when their experiments or results are questioned. In the ideal world, nothing would be taken personally, because people are supposedly trying to collaborate in learning about the world. If one peer notices a potential flaw in an experiment, that ideally should be taken as helpful rather than as an attack. That's what peer review is really supposed to be about. It's a good system when it works.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- thank you for your response - tunenut 14:22:03 03/28/07 (0)