Re: Allergist Recommendations

Article View: ne.general

Article #1220

#1220

From: Carl Witthoft
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 17:56

19 lines
1207 bytes

In article <lis.725901078@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> lis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Elisabeth Riba) writes:
>Can anyone in the area recommend a good allergist in the Boston area?
>Preferably someone whose solution to my sniffles won't involve getting
>rid of my cat.
x
This should really be in sci.med, but:
SOrry, you don't get to choose a solution to science based on
your personal preferences.  Either you are allergic to cats or
you aren't. Picking a MD won't change facts.
Feynmann put it somewhat better during the Challenger hearings.  I
paraphrase: one cannot select an answer based on public relations,
because Nature will not be fooled.


-- 
Carl Witthoft @ Adaptive Optics Associates
aoa!carl@bbn.com  carl@aoa.utc.com
54 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge,MA 02140 617-864-0201
"88 is 55 if you want to fly."

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1993Jan4.175616.25604@aoa.aoa.utc.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!yale!actcnews!actcnews2!aoa!carl

References: <lis.725901078@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Newsgroups: ne.general
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!yale!actcnews!actcnews2!aoa!carl
From: carl@aoa.aoa.utc.com (Carl Witthoft)
Subject: Re: Allergist Recommendations
Message-ID: <1993Jan4.175616.25604@aoa.aoa.utc.com>
Organization: Adaptive Optics Associates
References: <lis.725901078@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:56:16 GMT
Lines: 19

Reply to Parent Message