Comments on: Eh? http://timworstall.com/2009/07/21/eh-59/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:59:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Monty http://timworstall.com/2009/07/21/eh-59/comment-page-1/#comment-32375 Monty Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:36:59 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=8709#comment-32375 The people who are struggling this category are more likely to be stuck in poor quality accomodation, cold and damp council flats, maybe with mould on the walls, and with a higher likelihood of pest infestation. I suspect there are many more factors, but you get the idea. The people who are struggling this category are more likely to be stuck in poor quality accomodation, cold and damp council flats, maybe with mould on the walls, and with a higher likelihood of pest infestation.

I suspect there are many more factors, but you get the idea.

]]> By: dearieme http://timworstall.com/2009/07/21/eh-59/comment-page-1/#comment-32352 dearieme Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:02:34 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=8709#comment-32352 Your quotation looks as if it's mainly hand-wringing about the underclass. Your quotation looks as if it’s mainly hand-wringing about the underclass.

]]> By: JuliaM http://timworstall.com/2009/07/21/eh-59/comment-page-1/#comment-32351 JuliaM Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:01:08 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=8709#comment-32351 <i>"...the purpose of science to crusaders is merely to confirm their beliefs..."</i> You only need to look at the way the 'breast is best' crowd have treated <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1200943/So-breast-NOT-best-Expert-claims-benefits-breastfeeding-hugely-exaggerated.html;jsessionid=78842A5F66010D2465F2FAF59A0ABD57" rel="nofollow">this new research</a> to see that... “…the purpose of science to crusaders is merely to confirm their beliefs…”

You only need to look at the way the ‘breast is best’ crowd have treated this new research to see that…

]]> By: Ian B http://timworstall.com/2009/07/21/eh-59/comment-page-1/#comment-32348 Ian B Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:51:26 +0000 http://timworstall.com/?p=8709#comment-32348 <i>I’m beginning to think that smoking as a cause for this disease or that disease is simply added to the list like spam in the Monty Python cafe.</i> It is, but as is my cliche, that's because it's a moral crusade, and the purpose of science to crusaders is merely to confirm their beliefs. In the main, modern epidemiology is merely a propaganda tool. I’m beginning to think that smoking as a cause for this disease or that disease is simply added to the list like spam in the Monty Python cafe.

It is, but as is my cliche, that’s because it’s a moral crusade, and the purpose of science to crusaders is merely to confirm their beliefs. In the main, modern epidemiology is merely a propaganda tool.

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