At 10:45 AM 1/2/98 -0500, Bruce Warr wrote:
>I hate to rain on another researchers parade, but I doubt that the
>experiment with the rats can be replicated in humans. Empirical data
>(i.e. this list) indicate that most people with Parkinsons are
>intelligent and well educated.
>
A point well taken, Bruce, except doesn't this list have a number of biases
built into it? We represent about one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) of the
Parkinsonians in the United States, and a lesser percentage elsewhere in
the world. In either area, a far greater proportion of the world can be
considered as intelligent, well educated, computer literate, and computer
equipped.
In 1932, before our time, Bruce, the Literary Digest took a phone poll of
voters and predicted that Hoover would be re-elected president of the U.S.
History tells us that the people without telephones elected Roosevelt. So
even if I tend to agree with you intuitively, Bruce, I'm not sure that
we're right.
Art
Arthur Hirsch [] [log in to unmask] [] Lewisville, TX
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