From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
> JAY JG wrote:
>No, that's a strawman argument. "Deductive reasoning" becomes
>original research when it is used to build a case against a position
>presented in an article, not when used to do unit conversions.
Deductive reason is the application of logic to the
facts as already
presented. The uncle/nephew vs. aunt/niece is simply a nonsense comment
pulled out of imagination.
Ray - Jay is correct in his description of original research. His
point is simply that deduction (that is, drawing a conclusion from a
set of premises) should not be used by editors to make a point not
already made in a credible publication. It should not be used to make
cases for certain positions; and in particular, editors should not go
on to present their conclusions as though they're established facts,
which happens a lot. When you're doing a unit conversion, you're just
counting, and if your conversion is correct, you'll find it published
elsewhere anyway, so it wouldn't be original.
Sarah