Re: Chronic fatigue syndrome

From: Daniel Prince (neutrino1_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 05:05:54 GMT

"Deb Shanker" <debshanker@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Daniel Prince" <neutrino1@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:7ciih091q5idu6d34t0jngrd75utdino4m@4ax.com...
>> "Deb Shanker" <debshanker@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Daniel Prince" <neutrino1@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> >news:573ih0p68m1dhsdnqoj8i349ilfj8t59uf@4ax.com...
>> >> "Deb Shanker" <debshanker@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >CFS is a mental disease otherwise known as dumbass lazy idiots.
>> >> >Thanks bud.
>> >>
>> >> What evidence do you base this on? How many medical journal articles
>on
>> >> CFS have you read? How much research on CFS have you had published in
>> >> peer reviewed medical journals?
>> >
>> >Don't be a dumbass. There is no need for worthless research to conclude
>that
>> >a dumbass lazy bum is indeed a dumbass lazy bum.
>>
>> So you are basing your conclusions on your preconceived notions. I
>> wonder who is really a "dumbass".
>
>What is so preconceived about identifying a dumbass lazy bum? Hey, maybe
>dumbass lazy bums have a disease called CFS.

You admit that you have no evidence for your assertion. Here is the
definition of preconceived:

pre·con·ceive (pr"ÅkÃn s"vÆ), v.t., -ceived, -ceiv·ing.
to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence
or as a result of previously held prejudice.
[1570–80; PRE- + CONCEIVE]

I think it fits EXACTLY.

>> Are you an MD? If you are, do you practice evidence based scientific
>> medicine?

I notice that you did not answer this question. I wonder why. 

-- 
Recently I had an MD tell me at least three times in one office
visit: "You're much healthier than you think you are."  When I 
asked him how many medical journal articles he had read about
my illness he replied: "none".  (There are over 2,000.)