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- From: kenl@origami.cc.bellcore.com (Ken Lehner)
- Subject: Re: Prof. Moon et al. on "vitamin" D
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.195422.14137@walter.bellcore.com>
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 19:54:22 GMT
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- I'd like to think I'm objective, because I know nothing of the subject
- being discussed. I had a few questions and comments about the following
- post:
-
- In article <altar.725693071@sfu.ca>, altar@beaufort.sfu.ca (Ted Wayn Altar) writes:
- |>
- |> Here are some of the concluding remarks from this scholarly paper:
- ^^^^^^^^^
-
- Why did the poster need to include this adjective, after giving the
- citation? Sets off an alarm in my mind.
-
- |> observation. Thus, the 10 edition of the US RDAs
- |> concludes:
- |> Since the toxic level of vitamin D may in some
- |> cases be only 5 times the RDA, and there is
- |> evidence that sunlight-stimulated production of the
- |> vitamin active throughout the warm months, dietary
- ^^^^^
- missing something?
-
- |> supplements may be detrimental for the normal
- |> child or adult who drinks at least two glasses of
- |> vitamin D-fortified milk per day.
-
- Did they say that such fortified milk was potentially dangerous? On the
- face of it, the words seem to indicate that this is acceptable. What's
- the difference between such milk and "dietary supplements"?
-
- |> I think we can all agree that we must always be wary and
- |> leery of those PSEUDO-EXPERTS who would merely make his or
- |> her assertions `ex-cathedra', who would resort to a
- |> patronizing tone or even insults, and ultimately would
- |> disrespect your independent intelligence. The truly
- |> informed have no need to belittle others and are quite
-
- Doesn't mean that the truly informed don't belittle others, though. It is
- not true that "someone is truly informed if and only if they do not
- belittle others". Actually, what you say is not true. The acknowledged
- expert in a given field may have psychological reasons for belittling
- others; such reasons have no relationship to that person's expertise.
-
- |> willing to patiently explain and provide substantiation or
- |> references for their crucial points.
-
- See above.
-
- Ken "don't know nothing 'bout biology" Lehner
-