tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post116235193336495123..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Marketing False HopeAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1162471715068676782006-11-02T05:48:00.000-07:002006-11-02T05:48:00.000-07:00vermeil2002It is an interesting story.However, the...<B>vermeil2002</B><BR/><BR/>It is an interesting story.<BR/><BR/>However, there are several caveats:<BR/><BR/>(1) I prefer to get my medical facts from peer-reviewed medical journals over newspapers. Newspaper articles tend to leave out important facts because the author really doesn't know what he is talking about.<BR/><BR/>(2) The article mentions that this woman is the first of 13 patients that showed significant signs of improvement.<BR/><BR/>(3) This is the only case that shows significant signs of improvement (meaning that there is a high risk of some alternative cause)<BR/><BR/>(4) Even though significant improvement was reported, 100% improvement was not improvement - so there is a chance that other options will work better.<BR/><BR/>(5) We do not yet know the long-range effects.<BR/><BR/>(6) One success treating one disease with adult stem cells does not imply 100% success of treating all disease with adult stem cells.<BR/><BR/>In short, it would be completely irrational, based on this report, to throw all other research away and focus exclusively on this one for all types of illnesses for which stem cells may offer treatment or cure.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1162471129007224462006-11-02T05:38:00.000-07:002006-11-02T05:38:00.000-07:00guy barryI think that you asked an interesting que...<B>guy barry</B><BR/><BR/>I think that you asked an interesting question. I have puzzled about questions where it seems not only permissible, but rational, for people to have false hope. I'm going to see if I can fit a post on that subject in a couple of days.Alonzo Fyfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1162410414300008502006-11-01T12:46:00.000-07:002006-11-01T12:46:00.000-07:00Guy Barry,You will become rich and famous and have...Guy Barry,<BR/><BR/>You will become rich and famous and have a beautiful wife and you will live forever.<BR/><BR/>Now kindly put some money in that fancy plate I'm passing around, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-1162379078247644312006-11-01T04:04:00.000-07:002006-11-01T04:04:00.000-07:00Rush is a cretinous piece of contaminated dingo st...Rush is a cretinous piece of contaminated dingo stool. And that is my polite opinion.beepbeepitsmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12931640447011071849noreply@blogger.com