tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11367545.post4457025582157003106..comments2024-02-21T19:40:17.440-05:00Comments on EricHerboso.org: Emoto's Emotive Water CrystalsEric Herbosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07888413471076959781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11367545.post-89060455435346519312008-02-14T19:10:00.000-05:002008-02-14T19:10:00.000-05:00To anonymous:To be honest, I didn't check my sourc...To anonymous:<BR/><BR/>To be honest, I didn't check my sources on the whole NIH funding thing. The reason I assumed it was NIH funded was because a friend sent me the link to it on <A HREF="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16979104" REL="nofollow">nih.gov</A>, stating that it was funded by the NIH.<BR/><BR/>It came up in conversation about Stephen Jay Gould's <A HREF="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/4337" REL="nofollow">Streak of Streaks</A> article, where he discusses improbable events like the one that occurred in the above study.<BR/><BR/>I apologize for not checking my sources before repeating the info my friends gave me over IM. It was unprofessional of me.Eric Herbosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888413471076959781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11367545.post-14938179449473237372008-02-14T19:02:00.000-05:002008-02-14T19:02:00.000-05:00To carpo:The insult was purely a new way of engagi...To carpo:<BR/><BR/>The insult was purely a new way of engaging the reader. In the past, I've repeatedly set up one premise only to switch midstream to another focus, so that part isn't new for me. But you're right in that I've never tried a transition by insulting the reader.<BR/><BR/>I think you're right about the less respectable part. But I've been reading a lot of Richard Dawkins lately, especially his responses to the much more tepid atheists like Neil deGrasse Tyson, and I can't help but be enticed by Dawkin's much more harsh style. He pushes atheism hard on the reader, while Tyson is always very gentle about it, almost apologizing for his lack of religious beliefs.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I'll do the whole reader insulting thing again. On rereading, it didn't come out quite the way I wanted it. But Dawkin's harsh technique still captivates me, so expect some add'l experiments along this line later on in some of my entries.Eric Herbosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888413471076959781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11367545.post-80289672086176990932008-02-13T16:44:00.000-05:002008-02-13T16:44:00.000-05:00I was trying to look up this article (Explore [155...I was trying to look up this article (Explore [1550-8307] Radin yr:2006 vol:2 iss:5 pg:408 -11) to see if it really was funded by the NIH, but I wasn't able to. Where did you see that it was NIH sponsored/funded?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11367545.post-10287048388452545042008-02-10T18:16:00.000-05:002008-02-10T18:16:00.000-05:00This is the first time I've seen you insult your r...This is the first time I've seen you insult your readers! I think it is an engaging technique but makes you less respectable.carpohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170671656934069409noreply@blogger.com