Greg Crowhurst 6 th February 2013 “Much of what we think we know based on conventional statistical studies published in the academic literature stands a good chance of just not being so “ Roger Pielke Jr http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/false-positive-science.html Imagine I am a psychiatrist and for £5 million, say , I want to prove that CBT and GET are a safe and useful treatment for ME. The good news is “ how unacceptably easy it is to accumulate (and report) statistically significant evidence for a false hypothesis , according to Nelson and Simonsohn (2011). Their frightening paper “ False-Positive Psychology, ” shows how “ undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant ,” . In fact Nelson and Simonshon statistically “prove” that listening to “ When I am 64 ” by the Beatles can make you a couple of years younger ! http://pss.sagepub.com/content/22/11/1359.full.pdf+html The bad new
How awful an experience,but hard as it is,remember this tells you more about that man than you or Linda.Karma will prevail as the Universe must balance itself out...what one gives out,you ultimately get back....I feel your pain,in every sense.The builder will leave and as ever your amazing strength will see you through.Think of the kindnesses which good people have shown you. Xx
ReplyDeleteDear Maureen, you have shown us that people do care, are incredibly kind. Your recent reaching out, your love,your ongoing support and concern, means the world to me xxxxx
DeleteDear Maureen, you have shown us that people do care, are incredibly kind. Your recent reaching out, your love,your ongoing support and concern, means the world to me xxxxx
DeleteSo sorry to hear you were treated this way Greg. I only know you from our online interactions, but feel the total injustice of the comments on your behalf. Thinking of both you and Linda, and wishing for better times. xx
ReplyDeleteIn my experience over 30 years of being debilitated by M.E. the greatest pain is not the physical but the beating the heart takes. It makes me acutely aware of the value of human kindness and the hell we inhabit in it's absence.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely -"the beating the heart takes", how beautifully expressed. Thank you so much Willo.
DeleteWillo so profound what you said.That wisdom comes from the searing heat of the suffering of this vile illness for decades.....just yesterday,I experienced that "beating the heart takes"but then the kindness which gets us through another day...I wish you,Linda&Greg and all ME sufferers more kindness ......especially from the medical profession in the form of proper research,care then a cure.
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