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gardener · 10-26-2003, 05:23 PM

"Science is how you back up your marketing claims."

Sorry, but I have to take with a grain of salt a post entered twice in these forums on the same day that the poster has just signed up.

And I'm not about to e-mail the person who posted, thus spreading my e-mail address further into unknown territory and probably increasing the flood of spam.

Besides, the statement quoted is indicative of a certain mind set. Marketing a product comes first, that's the motive. "Science" is the means of backing up the desire to sell something.

And to sell what, in this context? Probably a supplement of some ilk, that we're supposed to believe will turn us into centaurs.

But as far as recent material on anti=doping goes, here are a couple of very recent links that won't last long.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl.../26/CATLIN.TMP

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/sp...partner=GOOGLE

10-26-2003, 05:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
gardener Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: southern New Jersey Posts: 3,142 My Profile	"Science is how you back up your marketing claims." Sorry, but I have to take with a grain of salt a post entered twice in these forums on the same day that the poster has just signed up. And I'm not about to e-mail the person who posted, thus spreading my e-mail address further into unknown territory and probably increasing the flood of spam. Besides, the statement quoted is indicative of a certain mind set. Marketing a product comes first, that's the motive. "Science" is the means of backing up the desire to sell something. And to sell what, in this context? Probably a supplement of some ilk, that we're supposed to believe will turn us into centaurs. But as far as recent material on anti=doping goes, here are a couple of very recent links that won't last long. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl.../26/CATLIN.TMP http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/sp...partner=GOOGLE __________________ "It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument." William Gibbs McAdoo. US Vice-President under Woodrow Wilson.