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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 08:22:17 -1000 (HST)
From: Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*>
To: Carl Heinzl <cgh@ma*.ai*.mi*.ed*>
Cc: cherf@ci*.co*, B.Pickering@le*.ac*.uk*, techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Aspirin for Stupidity


> See the above reasoning.  Plus anecdotal evidence is often useless
> because it's not repeatable and it is not done in large enough numbers
> with proper controls to show any trends or reach any useful
> conclusions.  I got flamed last time I knocked anecdotal evidence on
> rec.scuba but if anyone flames me for it here, where *supposedly* you
> know better, you can get out the kneepads.

Data gleaned from controlled experiments is always more useful than 
anecdote.  However, for many aspects of diving physiology, we don't have 
the luxury of such data. The question then becomes, do we assume we know 
nothing, or do we look at anecdote with a handful of salt thrown in?  The 
asnwer, of course, depends on many different things.

Aloha,
Rich

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