[extropy-chat] weaselly research reporting

[Samantha Atkins]

How does the decision to be an intellectual, or anything else for  
that matter, hinge upon how many shoddy intellectuals there are?    
How does caring about the state of other human beings make you a  
"bleeding heart, a feel good"?

- s

On Jul 27, 2005, at 7:57 PM, Al Brooks wrote:

> What bothers even a slightly squishy liberal like me is seeing  
> today's report by Yahoo News that immigrants (report didn't specify  
> whether illegal or not) consume hundreds of dollars less per month  
> medical costs than native-born, then going on to report even more  
> 'astonishingly' or 'startlingy' how the poorest of immigrant  
> children use 84% less medical resources than natives.
> The researcher opines this is a "grave disparity".
>  I want to be a good liberal, a bleeding heart, a feel-good. But  
> with bias like this being an intellectual is sometimes dubious.
>
>
> Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
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