Dia Spriggs wrote in a message to Alex Vasauskas:
> There are researchers who are at best only occasionally
> right about SOME things.
 DS> And who's to say which ones those are?
My point exactly.  One needs to understand scientific method
and be able to evaluate their reports to determine their validity
and reliability.
> 
> 
> Speak for yourself.  In any event, there is no way to
>
 DS> Excuse me..are YOU a practioner, a dr, a researcher?
Yes to all three at different times.  But, as I pointed out,
my representation is irrelevant because there is no way to
determine my credibility or competence in the context of this
forum -- just because I say I am something doesn't prove that
I am or that anyone should rely upon what I say any more than
they should rely upon information from anyone else who makes
no such claims.  Information presented in this forum should
at most be a beginning to performing personal research at
the library regarding any treatment a person might be inclined
to try.
 DS>  ...if so they have not made themselves known as
 DS> such.  What we post here are reports that by some means come to our
 DS> attention.  That is ALL..if anything we are reporters.  WE can say
 DS> if something that we happened to have used was either good or bad
 DS> for US but that doesn't mean that it would have the same result for
 DS> anyone else.
Agreed
 DS> You seem intend on taking what I said OUT of context.  THe point
 DS> is, endless debating gets no one anywhere.  If someone has a mind
 DS> set on one opinion, they aren't likely to change it.  Information
 DS> presented will interest them or not, bantering back and forth is
 DS> time consuming, tedious, boring and irritating.  Information is
 DS> presented, either accept it, try it or leave it.
I understand exactly what you are saying, and I do not dispute this.
But, there are things that people may say that are potentially
harmful.  Replies to such representations are necessary not to
try to change the mind of the person who is set on believing and
convincing others to their belief, but to demonstrate to those
"listening" that the expressed belief is not necessarily accurate
or accepted.  Silence would suggest that what the person says is
generally accepted.
To be more specific on this -- you can avoid the situation you
are concerned about by doing as has been done in every other
echo Jane has participated in:  keep a tight leash on her.
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