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In reply to the discussion: And people wonder why I have deep concerns about MDs & their drugs [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)That would be called anecdotal evidence, which in medicine is no evidence whatsoever.
It is like the rain dance fallacy. I danced and I danced. And eventually the rains came.Of course, the rains eventually would come whether one dances or not.
It is science that informs medicine, not lunatic magical thinking. What in the Sam Hell are subluxations (chiropractic)? Is there any science behind such a thing?
So how does acupuncture work? Simple. It doesn't. That is other than the fact that one is sticking needles into ones flesh. And how does that do anything other than inflict more pain? Oh! That's right. There's Qi (spelt backwards is "crap" .
And, oh fucking dear! Then there's homeopathy, which is as close to doing nothing as one can get. You are going to travel to a place where there is malaria? Here, let me give you nothing for it. You have cancer? Don't bother with that doctor. Let me give you nothing. Homeopathy is nothing. I cannot see any rational person supporting such a ridiculous concept.
Science informs medicine. Get used to that.