This person contacted me by e-mail about two weeks ago. I didn't think much about it at first as this is not abnormal. I receive hate mail about once every 2 days. I responded to the e-mail and about three days later received a response to that e-mail. I destroyed everything this individual was saying. I thought it would make a great article. Yesterday i received two emails informing me that i would be exposed to the world, that humans are not good sprinters compared to some other animals, i had mis-represented the Tremblay study and so on. I responded repeating what i had basically said in the article and previous e-mails. I received an e-mail this morning telling me not to worry i would not be exposed (this was only a figure of speech)
The arguments made by this person are an excellent example of how not to argue. The statements are also a great demo of logical fallacies.
PowermanDL did an excellent job ripping this individual to shreds.
On another note up until yesterday i had not seen the complete study by Tremblay. I referenced the information from the studies abstract and two other Secondary science sources. Five minutes after receiving the email telling me how i had mis-represented the Tremblay study i decided i would review the entire study. I sent out the study request to the research group and i received the study from Dr. Dipasquale about five minutes later. I found that the abstract did a good job of describing the studies findings. Yes, my reports on the Tremblay study were correct.
thanks
coach hale
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