- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 06:45:37 -0700
- To: Anne Pemberton <apembert@erols.com>, "Matt May" <mcmay@bestkungfu.com>, <apembert45@lycos.com>, "Jonathan Chetwynd" <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, "Marja-Riitta Koivunen" <marja@w3.org>
At 6:17 PM -0400 4/23/01, Anne Pemberton wrote: > Your little exercise wasn't "scientific", and in fact it doesn't even >qualify as "research". There are billions of users of the web, all kinds of >people in all walks of life. A study of 8 people out of billions isn't >scientifically significant. Further, you didn't bother to compile a table >of your results, but presented only "averages" for comparison. It's not >possible to make any deductions based on incomplete data. And, the biggest >problem in this piece of psuedo "science" is the blatant prejudice of the >"researcher". It's just hard to take something serious as "research" when >all it's doing is supporting a personal prejudice. I think this is getting a bit out of hand here. I think that we need to be careful about making attacks of this type, especially when both sides can just as easily be accused of a lack of scholarship and actions based entirely on personal crusades. I'd much rather see a cooperative rather than a combative atmosphere here, and I hope that everyone agrees. I know it is frustrating to feel that you can't get your point across, but -please- let's refrain from personally attacking someone just because their research -- "scientific" or not -- supports their viewpoint and not your own. --Kynn -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com> Technical Developer Liaison Reef North America Tel +1 949-567-7006 _________________________________________ BUSINESS IS DYNAMIC. TAKE CONTROL. _________________________________________ http://www.reef.com
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