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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 15:03:07 -0400
From: Carl Heinzl <cgh@ma*.ai*.mi*.ed*>
To: deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*
Cc: cherf@ci*.co*, B.Pickering@le*.ac*.uk*, techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Aspirin for Stupidity


>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.

In general, you're better off assuming you know nothing because quite
often anecdotal evidence misses *critical* pieces of information.
Even if you take it with a handful of salt, it may be pointing you in
*completely* the wrong direction - better to make NO conclusion than
the WRONG conclusion.

-Carl-

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