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>> 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.
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>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.
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>Aloha,
>Rich
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Rich,
You're on your anecdotal evidence soap box again.
Sorry, it just does not hack it.  Concrete data that provides with the minimum
of conjecture is what we need.  Anecdotal evidence can be downright misleading.
Hey sometimes statistically valid material can be misleading also, but the
former 
have more shortcomings.

Regards,
Esat Atikkan

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