From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2002-04-01 00:20:00 UTC
Subject: a medical hypothesis
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My mom-in-law who is also one of my closest friends sent this joke to
me. Now, you may be wondering why i am posting a joke here, but I
like this because it gets across so well -- ina way that is hard to forget --that we should NOT confuse medical hypotheses with medical knowledge. There are a heck of a lot of hypotheses out there about treatments, causes, genetic patterns, etc. of very many ferret health problems, and that is fine. Hypotheses (even in statement form) are questions, and questions are keys from with which we progress. Some wind up not turning the locks we'd hoped they'd open, or turning others that aren't useful, but they give us direction once they are studied, even if it's away from one door or from one key. The important thing is to just not confuse them with knowledge.
> The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the
> British or Americans.
> On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer
> heart attacks than the British or Americans.
> The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks
> than the British or Americans.
> The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer
> heart attacks than the British or Americans.
> Conclusion:
> Eat and drink what you like. It's speaking English that kills you.
So, when you hear something in relation to ferrets that has not been
rigorously studied but is being tried in-case, just remember that
perhaps it will work, but perhaps it is just speaking English!