The Spin That No Data Can Overcome

February, 22, 2012 | 3 Comments

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  1. […] But what happens when both the poison and the disease produce superficially similar problems – when both an antidepressant and depression produce suicidality for instance? In this case there may be almost nothing that can be done to persuade people that it’s the poison and not the disease producing the effect. Even people of goodwill may look and look at the data and still not make the connection, as with the Shepard illusion (demonstrated in my previous post The Spin that no Data can overcome). […]

  2. Thank you for clarifying this logic. You are truly a philosopher. It helps me to articlulate the truth.

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