tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post1986262081879114179..comments2024-03-28T16:46:50.706+00:00Comments on The Moose: Studies taylor made for the correct resultsBuckohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-37691649964226819452012-04-12T14:35:12.400+01:002012-04-12T14:35:12.400+01:00Henry - I think the researchers were a collection ...Henry - I think the researchers were a collection of the shiftless.<br /><br />Julia - Really? My faith is shaken!<br /><br />PJH - True. I doubt they even bother to approach this in a scientific manner first. Junk science is all about creating a controlled study that yields the results you are looking for.<br />I hadn't seen that about paragraph 19 before. Interesting :-)Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-3769772522997245522012-04-12T12:32:37.072+01:002012-04-12T12:32:37.072+01:00"Why didn't they just approach actual shi..."<i>Why didn't they just approach actual shift workers and ask if they are diabetic or obese?</i> "<br /><br />Perhaps they did, and didn't get the answer they wanted, so they decided to look for some oranges to compare to the apples they discarded. FTA:<br /><br />"They also lived in dim light to prevent normal light resetting the body clock."<br /><br />So they're not even comparable to shift workers, whose body clocks don't get 'reset' by 'normal light.'<br /><br />At least the BBC include the voice of reason in the guise of Dr Hobbs, but it was at the end and,as has been pointed out before, people - in general - <a href="http://www.badscience.net/2010/10/the-caveat-in-paragraph-number-19/" rel="nofollow">don't bother reading to paragraph 19</a> of a story.PJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331948749785269728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-47695648034853668402012-04-12T11:47:27.121+01:002012-04-12T11:47:27.121+01:00Because these people aren't proper scientists!...Because these people aren't proper scientists!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-232613925790974435.post-69499368848102092222012-04-12T08:04:22.592+01:002012-04-12T08:04:22.592+01:00I wonder if the participants were actual shift wor...I wonder if the participants were actual shift workers, or just a collection of the shiftless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com