Author: Michael Neish
Date: 18:41:02 04/27/00
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>The viewpoints expressed is without a doubt very personal, which isn't too bad >if you're able to control your subjectivity. Unfortunately that isn't always the >case. Expressions like "this proves" or "this shows" is used much too often in >conclusions about a particular test. A test that might be flawed or incomparable >to other tests. It would be better if results were put forth in the manner which >you suggest. Possibly after several generations of people in ancient Greece calling each other "you idiot" and "you moron", someone maybe said "Hang on, this language is inappropriate, why not report things as they are without making personal attacks?" and lo and behold, we have the passive, impersonal language of science journals. It didn't evolve for nothing. This was a light-hearted post, not meant to be scientifically accurate, and certainly doesn't prove anything. Mike.
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