tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22368891.post114313839041351510..comments2023-10-14T10:08:05.920-06:00Comments on Cancer Dad: A StatisticAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14927340720483655237noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22368891.post-1144680122337093472006-04-10T08:42:00.000-06:002006-04-10T08:42:00.000-06:00Thanks, Sam. I had an idea of what those numbers m...Thanks, Sam. I had an idea of what those numbers might be but hadn't looked them up. The disparity is even greater than I had imagined.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927340720483655237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22368891.post-1144535520018164452006-04-08T16:32:00.000-06:002006-04-08T16:32:00.000-06:00Your comment is spot-on. The budget for the Natio...Your comment is spot-on. The budget for the National Cancer Institute for last year was about $4.8 billion dollars (of which, only a small part is spent specifically on childhood cancers). The latest figures from Iraq show that the government is spending about $4 billion <B>a month</B>. You're absolutely right. Priorities have been seriously upended here. <BR/><BR/>- Sam Blackman (blogmd.blogspot.com)<BR/>- Fellow in Pediatric Oncology<BR/>- Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22368891.post-1143260700792348602006-03-24T21:25:00.000-07:002006-03-24T21:25:00.000-07:00For the record my comment was directed toward the ...For the record my comment was directed toward the statistics used by the gov't to allocate $ (and specifically this current administration) and the general misuse of statistics, not toward you. <BR/><BR/>I am totally comfortable being manipulated when you are up front about it...<BR/><BR/>If you want to see me get really wound up ask me how I feel about the statement, "4 out of 5 dentists agree..."<BR/><BR/>-ShadeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22368891.post-1143250573560432102006-03-24T18:36:00.000-07:002006-03-24T18:36:00.000-07:00Of course you know the answer, but the reason we s...Of course you know the answer, but the reason we spend more on terrorism than childhood cancer research is that terrorism run amock changes the culture we have and children getting cancer does not. <BR/><BR/>What freaks me out is (and I just looked this up), if everyone who went to Titanic gave their ticket price to CureSearch, that organization could run for almost 35 years. Or could triple it's funding for a decade.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22368891.post-1143213987631225122006-03-24T08:26:00.000-07:002006-03-24T08:26:00.000-07:00I knew that anonymous was you, Shade, when you exp...I knew that anonymous was you, Shade, when you expressed an emotional response to to number abuse. I got a bit of a kick out of that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927340720483655237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22368891.post-1143163999615634002006-03-23T18:33:00.000-07:002006-03-23T18:33:00.000-07:00Well if they were worth noting, at least that's so...Well if they were worth noting, at least that's something...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22368891.post-1143155978542850712006-03-23T16:19:00.000-07:002006-03-23T16:19:00.000-07:00It saddens me how easily numbers can be misused bo...It saddens me how easily numbers can be misused both accidentally and purposely. <BR/><BR/>Tangential, but two of my favorite quotes on the cautions of statistics are:<BR/><BR/>"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." Aaron Levenstein<BR/><BR/>Homer Simpson: People can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forfty percent of all people know that. (Episode 1F09 - Homer the Vigilante)<BR/><BR/>Also, did you know the genius mathematicians before probability was discovered were for the most part a happy group that gambled and drank to great excess and lived long lives. Many of the mathematicians immediately afterward suffered from depression, were poor, and died extremely young, worth noting... <BR/><BR/>-ShadeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com