What did I say about researchers? Kevin Holtsberry points to an amazingly unqualified study by National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute and AARP that we should drink coffee. “We think our study provides some reassurance that (drinking coffee) may not increase their risk of death,” says one researcher. Of course, he meant death from various specific diseases within a certain timeframe. But, you know, details.
And it should be good coffee, too. Husband and I are willing to scrimp on a lot of things so we can buy Kona.
Reminds me of the furor a while back over the dangerous chemical dihydrogen monoxide, a virtually unregulated key ingredient in acid rain. But, since it’s also found in most of the coffee consumed in the United States, this study may prove that it’s not so bad after all.
There was another study that revealed an unusually high correlation between toilet seats and cancer. The research revealed that nearly every cancer patient they interviewed had gone to the bathroom at some point in their life. Obviously this phenomenon calls for huge allocations of government research money to fund further research.
dihydrogen monoxide, huh? heh.
Your second example reminds me of an illustration Limbaugh has given many times. He says everyone who has eaten carrots dies. Can we be so sure the carrots did not kill them? We need a study.
Here is more info on DHMO – Dihydrogen monoxide.
http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html
Unfortunately, much like Lars’s latest parable in American Spectator, way too many people react without getting the real point.
That reminds me of a radio show where a couple gave some healthy tips, and they said petroleum is in hand soap. Eww, they said. That’s awful. The same stuff we put in our cars? But I wanted to know why that was a problem. It isn’t bad just because it’s unexpected.