The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #154345   Message #3624091
Posted By: Ed T
05-May-14 - 06:11 AM
Thread Name: BS: the demise of the boring thread
Subject: RE: BS: the demise of the boring thread
GFS,
While you may have posted alot of stuff on a number of threads over thee past 3 to 4 years, how do you expect others to have seen it all, remember it all. That statement, plus a summation of a bunch of statistics posted over a period of time is IMO is not much help. I am not trying to bring your position down, just saying that IMO, an approach that seems to say "trust me, I posted proof over 3 to 4 years" does little to prove your point.

Additionally, while it is important to show (and update) all the sources (for others to determine the research and researchers quality, potential bias and if it holds up over time) it is especially important when you link many things together to make some fairly broad claims. Joining the dots together in such a manner, to make some pretty broad and encompassing claims, can be very problematic - it would require each element and proposed connections be subject some rather rigiourous investigation. My past observation has been most attempts at using multi-sourced research to "thatch" together such a conclusion are frought with problems and frequently with many errors.