Very well put Lola....Dee Sent from my iPad
> On 28 Aug 2015, at 05:14, Lola Harris <phoenix23...@tds.net> wrote: > > John, skepticism is always appropriate. I think (just my opinion) that folks > like us are probably more skeptical than the general population. We do our > research and our homework and then try things out. If we weren't skeptics, we > would be broke and in pain and have deteriorating health (ie: falling for > everything). We learn to separate the gold from the dross....lol.. > > I am sure we come across some duds from time to time but we also discover some > real gems along the way. In the world of alternatives, it is the wild, wild > west 'out there' and there seems to be a wonder cure of the week so.. you > learn > to develop a good 'bs' antennae, if you know what I mean. For some things, a > double or single blind study is impossible... like DMSO. One cannot duplicate > the odor that comes from using DMSO so, it works but it is impossible to > 'test' > it and meet FDA standards. > > I find it amusing at how vets are so open to 'alternatives' like DMSO and > shark > cartilage for inflammation, for instance. Their patients (like your dog) are > impervious to placebo effects and can't rationalize or verbalize their > conditions. > Something either works with the animals or it doesn't. Personally, I see > nothing > wrong with a placebo effect. If it relieves a condition or pain... why not? > They > say we only use a small fraction of our brain/mind capacity. So, who knows > what > is going on with any certainty? > Lola > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Popelish <jpopel...@gmail.com> > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 23:38:23 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Re: CS>electromagnetic instruments > >> On 08/27/2015 10:26 PM, Victor Cozzetto wrote: >> Uh... John... >> >> You do realize that we are kind of an underground >> mailing list for a reason, right? ;-) I.e. I don't think >> that many of us care a lot about peer reviewed >> publications in medical journals, as that is basically >> exclusive to big pharmaceutical companies, is often >> fraudulent (just like drug trials), or is suppressed when >> it concerns things outside of big pharma control. > > That doesn't mean we have to be gullible. That just invites > the same sort of abuse from people competing with big > pharma. I'm open minded, but I try to not let my brain fall out. > > But if reasonable scepticism is out of place here, then I > will bow out. > > -- > Regards, > > John Popelish > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com> > > >
