alex3619
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... no facts stand alone. They are part of a large interconnected web of facts -- the context -- which has to be considered when looking as the individual pieces of the factual web.
I agree SOC. A simple change in context can change the meaning of something. Let me give an example that every patient who has been on these forums for a while should be well aware of.
If someone like Klimas or Komaroff were to say CFS, would that have the same meaning as White or Sharp saying CFS? I don't think so. The research and historical context of the different sources gives a different meaning. To put this further into context, it is often claimed that ME and CFS are the same thing. If Hyde were to say ME, who would be silly enough to think he means the same thing as when Wessely says CFS? I don't think many of us would think its the same idea at all, and while Wessely might claim its the same thing (or he might acknowledge a viewpoint difference) I am sure Byron Hyde would not agree its the same thing at all.
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Alex