> Jack,
> IMHO, you've hit the problem on the head. While it may be common
> for magazines to publish test results without disclosing their
> methodology, this should in no way be construed as validating such an
> approach. In any peer-reviewed journal you would have to disclose your
> "materials and methods" to the readers or risk being considered a
> crackpot with nothing worth anyone's time to bother reading. As far as
I can concur, as as adjunct prof at the Univ of Houston, I could not
possibly publish a paper stating theoies based on tests where I did not
fully explain my test methodologies, environment, etc..
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