Aspirin water - holey schmoley

[GreenMist]

Edit: Oops! I didn't see there was more than one page to this thread, and I thought I was the first reply otherwise I wouldn't have posted this. Sorry about that. I guess this didn't need re-saying.

Originally Posted by Gardeneer

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I will only trust real university type of studies to substantiate things like this. The rest , TO ME, is just old wives tale.YMMV.

Gardeneed

I agree that a carefully controlled study is one of the best ways to get to the bottom of things. However, I personally always trust first hand experience over a study that has been funded by who knows whom? The thing is, while science is great, it is only as great as the methods, coupled with assumptions, bias, and intentions of the scientist. Studies are great, but if they contradict what works in practice... then good science begins to investigate what is working, right?

A good scientist I know cautions his medical students "in your future work experience, if you see over time something not working "that studies say does," or something is working that "studies show can't," then you should follow your consistent personal experience."

GreenMist

[lrussillo]

Originally Posted by ChrisK

I have posted quite a number of good plant defense papers, of varying technical depth, in the Winter Reading thread.


Chris

Who spends ~50 hrs/week immersed in active research in the field.

Thanks for the pointer to the winter reading thread.