Wade Allison's "Radiation and Reason", critique?

[cyrilr]

Oh more lovely quotes from this lovely "study":

"We interpret the P value as a continuous measure rather than limiting interpretation to dichotomisation of the P value at a threshold for declaring significance (such as 0.05). We fitted models by using conditional Poisson regression with primary control for confounding obtained by stratification, implemented in the SAS software package (version 9.4)"

Translation: we have a bogus study with a bogus criterion, but by using statistical word salads, we divert your attention from this. Also we have an overpriced commercial software to asses our bogus dataset and bogus criterion so we sound awesome and no one will question that we are polishing a turd with diamond powder.

[cyrilr]

I could do this all day but honestly I'm not being paid for this and half way into the "study" it is so apparent that this is a dog turd that it is a waste of time (and hand-soap) to dig any deeper.

[cyrilr]

Jack Devanney's critique of the INWORKS study:

gordianknotbook.com/download/circling-the-lnt-wagons/

[cyrilr]

Another great piece from Devanney on the supposedly highly radioactive boar:

jackdevanney.substack.com/p/eating-bavarian-boar

Do check out the rest of his articles on substack.

[huon]

SNT versus LNT at Fukushima
Jack Devanney
13 Nov 2023
Substack
jackdevanney.substack.com/p/snt-versus-lnt-at-fukushima

cyrilr-- I agree that Jack Devanney offers some excellent commentary on nuclear power and what is holding it back. This latest post is a fine example.

(For those who want a quick version, just read the final paragraph.)

[huon]

SNT for the non-technical
Jack Devanney
07 Jan 2023
Gordian Knot Book
gordianknotbook.com/download/snt-for-the-non-technical/

A beautiful summary of this important topic.


For a very quick summary, here is a comment left by one subscriber:

" An excellent read, but it's no dummy's guide. My 30,000 overview: LNT is saying radiation is like lead, SNT is saying it's like alcohol. Too much [alcohol] is bad for you and can kill you, but most people are OK with a small amount of alcohol each day[;] but lead builds up so any amount at all is bad. The data is clear that radiation for people is like alcohol, not like lead."