tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post8044701937722753082..comments2024-03-28T13:38:36.788-04:00Comments on Pharma Marketing Blog: The Professor's Straw Man Free Lunch for Physicians ArgumentVladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04114063498108633047noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-13371852587858264802009-02-27T03:54:00.000-05:002009-02-27T03:54:00.000-05:00I agree with you thoughI agree with you thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-60699148756255802882009-02-26T08:35:00.000-05:002009-02-26T08:35:00.000-05:00Ha, ha! You caught me!Ha, ha! You caught me!PharmaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211557578124130640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-53132788723467729242009-02-26T07:18:00.000-05:002009-02-26T07:18:00.000-05:00"Thus, professor Rubin's position can be boiled do..."Thus, professor Rubin's position can be boiled down to this:without pharmaceutical marketing -- including free lunches -- doctors would be dumbasses and patients would suffer worse outcomes." <BR/><BR/>The strawman argument phallacy includes misrepresentation of of the opponent by exaggeration. You are just as guilty of making a strawman argument, if not worse.<BR/><BR/>Just sayin'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550428.post-50882717967390008222008-02-14T12:12:00.000-05:002008-02-14T12:12:00.000-05:00You're dead on! They also fail to mention that the...You're dead on! They also fail to mention that the most heavily marketed docs are specialists such as psychiatrists. These docs are only prescribing a handful of drugs over 95% + of the time. If the doctor can't take the time to keep up on the few drugs he prescribes daily, please retire, buy one less mercedes for your kids or ask one of the medically trained nurses to fill you in as opposed to that cute business grad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com