Everyone hear loves music and we all know that it has the power to enchant, entertain, bemuse and bewilder. We've all experienced it ourself - and we've seen it in countless others. I get very nervous though when I see articles in Newsweek which refer to 'eminent' persons who have performed research (and continue to live off it) even though other studies have seriously debunked the conclusions.

I'm not going to say too much more, but how many times have I used personal experience combined with other's anecdotes to reinforce my personal beliefs (prejudices) about music, politics, drugs, religion and phobias. Probably for my every conscious moment. The fact that I believe in it doesn't make it true. If I conduct a straw poll and get unanimous support that doesn't make it any truer. And of course the corollary is that if I get unanimous opposition it doesn't make it any falser. Regards, John