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Re: John Atkinson's Rebuttal of Ben Goldacre's "Bad Science"

Disagreeing with this statement (I agree that Ben Goldacre is most certainly disagreeing with you):

"But the most striking parallel is the widespread notion in the hi-
fi community that blinded trials - where you ask listeners to
identify a cable without knowing if it's cheap or expensive - are
somehow intrinsically flawed."

does not mean this:

"But Mr. Goldacre appears to be making the naïve assumption that
the mere fact that a test is blind inherently—his word was
intrinsically—confers legitimacy on the test and its results. That
assumption, I suggest, is 'bad science'—even voodoo."

Disagreeing with an assertion that blind trials are intrinsically floored does not mean agreeing with an assertion that all blind trials and their results are legitimate. As far as I can see, this is not stated, implied or hinted at anywhere else in the article either.




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