Posted by Larry Hoover on January 5, 2004, at 8:04:31
In reply to Re: please don't pressure others, posted by Dr. Bob on January 4, 2004, at 22:42:51
> > I thought that asking for evidence for those particular facts was a reasonable thing
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> > Lar
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> Asking once or twice, yes...
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> BobBecause you're also a scientist, Bob, I know you've come across this aphorism before, "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
Given the context of the remarks in question, a thread about drug withdrawal, claims of "wiping hardware" and "deep destruction" are more than just simple opinion. They are provocative and threatening. It is perfectly reasonable to want to examine the data/research/information used to arrive at such a conclusion, particularly in light of the repetitive statements that such evidence exists.
Given the possibility that reporting bias does exist (e.g. suppression of evidence by pharmaceutical companies), I would have been somewhat satisfied by ordinary, rather than extraordinary supporting data. Instead, I was supplied with ad hominem remarks. All I was doing was keeping maxx from changing the subject to issues of my credibility (fallacy of distraction), back towards the topic under debate, the existence and form of atypical neuroleptic malignant syndrome (or variants). That is simple debating strategy; keep it on topic. I had not yet gotten to discussing his fallacies of content (e.g. post hoc ergo propter hoc, non sequitur).
There is nothing more civil than debate, IMPNSHO. And you PBC'd the wrong party, again, IMPNSHO.
Lar
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