Damn statistics and financial interests
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Originally Posted by
beeanne
I don't see proof of anything in that. Are you not both arguing about nothing? The figures are nothing other than "lies damn statistics and misquotes" or however it goes.
You are right, of course.
As soon as there are major financial interests involved, important figures will be stretched or shrunk in order to achieve a desired picture.
In this case the financial interest is enormous. Just imagine the loss to Bayer if neonics were banned immediately!
That's why we need to look at all the figures available, examine them for their authenticity and try to interpret them correctly.
BeeL: not every contributor seems neutral & independent
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Originally Posted by
drumgerry
My advice - subscribe to BEE-L and read the archives carefully and at length.
I have been reading BeeL for quite a while:
Unfortunately it also seems to have a certain number of prominent posters which claim to be neutral interpreters of science, yet when you dig a bit deeper you'll find that they are not so independent at all.
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