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Old 03-01-2004, 04:29 PM   #22 (permalink)
zfleebin
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Just in case anyone is actually believing this you might want to know.
"Oral sex can lead to oral tumours" <- This statement cannot be made as a conclusion of this research because correlations do not imply causation.
"That is the conclusion of researchers who have proved what has long been suspected, that the human papilloma virus can cause oral cancers" <- This is another example of a statement that cannot be made as a conclusion of the research due to the lack of internal validity associated with this research. The best part to this statement is that the scientists proved something. If I am not mistaken in all the years of science scientists have never 'proved' a hypothesis.
"The researchers think both cunnilingus and fellatio can infect people's mouths" <- these researchers have a good thing going for them because they are obviously getting some good money to make unfounded statements. I feel bad for whoever gave these researchers a grant.
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