At 10:00 AM 2/7/00 -0600, Jim Hodges wrote:
>
>Years ago, I heard that RA Fisher, late in his life, had been commissioned
>by the British tobacco industry to write a piece about smoking and cancer.
>As I heard the story, his point was that without randomized trials
>allocating humans to smoking or not smoking, it would remain possible that
>some genetic configuration predisposed people both to smoking and to
>cancer. The story was conveyed to me with a mild sense of scandal, but
>I'd be interested to see what Fisher actually wrote, given what is now
>known about the biochemistry of depression and other mental states
>(nicotine being psychoactive). Does anyone know where I can find this
>piece Fisher allegedly wrote?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Jim Hodges
>
The late Hans Eysenck, psychologist, wrote a critical book on this very
theme; you might want to start there.
David Klein
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