trfogey
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Dr. Googlitta posted the following quoted material on another thread in response to a suggestion made by me to him that explaining things in layman's terms was a better approach to getting his points across to the members of this forum than the scientific jargon he usually uses to make his informative points. I made that suggestion in response to a post in which Dr. G expressed the opinion that he was "surprised that fiber types and VEGF doesn't ring a bell in an ALS crowd."
The question in the title of this post, in my opinion, encapsulates the issue that Dr. G raised on the other thread and something that has been pointed out by others in the past who had an interest in this sort of thing. I have my own ideas about responses to some of the issues Dr. G has raised but I'll reserve them for now and let others offer their own responses.
We should find a different thread for discussing this.But in stark contrast to proposals that people that knows more should lower themselves to the level who know less, I am actually in arguing that people who know less should learn more and preferably surpass those who currently are regarded as experts regarding neurolgical diseases like ALS. The basis for my argument is that the SOD1 mouse was discovered about 20 years ago but there are still no effective treatments. I would therefore encourage more people to join me and to do what I have done, and preferably surpass me, rather than the opposite.
It's actually very easy, just read 5-10 scientific papers per day during a couple of years and check up every word you don't understand through g o o g l e (s c h o l a r) or W i k i p e d i a. Before you kow it, it will become much clearer. In this particular case the search term; +VEGF +"amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" may be a starting point, or alternatively +"amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" +fast-twitch
My current stats for full length scientific papers in PDF-format that I've read read is; 1*527 Files, 103 Folders. With all due respect, if more ordinary people did what I have done and established an effective way to collaborate in a Web forum format, there would not have to be another 20 years before an effective treatment to ALS is defined.
The question in the title of this post, in my opinion, encapsulates the issue that Dr. G raised on the other thread and something that has been pointed out by others in the past who had an interest in this sort of thing. I have my own ideas about responses to some of the issues Dr. G has raised but I'll reserve them for now and let others offer their own responses.