Re: [tips] AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream - Yahoo! News

2009-06-09 Thread Mike Palij
On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:07:06 -0700, Michael Smith wrote: Just a comment. Just a response. Although I surmise scientific types Scientific types? Are you being Jungian or merely stereotypical? in general don't condone alternative medicine, I believe the proper phrasing might be that people

RE: [tips] AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream - Yahoo! News

2009-06-09 Thread Helweg-Larsen, Marie
in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: Re: [tips] AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream - Yahoo! News On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:07:06 -0700, Michael Smith wrote: Just a comment. Just a response. Although I surmise scientific types Scientific types? Are you being Jungian or merely

Re: [tips] AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream - Yahoo! News

2009-06-09 Thread Michael Smith
Thanks for the links Yes I am aware of quackwatch. But I don't think either article is relevant. --Mike On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Jim Clark j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca wrote: Hi On the harms of alternative medicine, see http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/harmquack.html On

Re: [tips] AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream - Yahoo! News

2009-06-09 Thread Michael Smith
Just a response: :) A quick response to your response Scientific types? Are you being Jungian or merely stereotypical? Stereotypical of course. But not merely. There is some truth in them thar stereotypes I believe the proper phrasing might be that people who realize that knowledge is

Re: [tips] AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream - Yahoo! News

2009-06-09 Thread Mike Palij
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:34:26 -0700, wrote in response: Mike Palij had written. Scientific types? Are you being Jungian or merely stereotypical? Stereotypical of course. But not merely. There is some truth in them thar stereotypes Careful. It is not the truth in stereotypes but the falsehoods

Re: [tips] AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream - Yahoo! News

2009-06-08 Thread Michael Smith
Just a comment. Although I surmise scientific types in general don't condone alternative medicine, being that we live in a country with personal freedoms I think that people are allowed to choose 'questionable', 'useless', or even 'dangerous' treatments if they wish. If more and more people want

Re: [tips] AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream - Yahoo! News

2009-06-08 Thread Jim Clark
Hi On the harms of alternative medicine, see http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/harmquack.html On the issue of freedom to choose, see http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/hfreedom.html They are both from Stephen Barrett's quackwatch site, a rich resource on these