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> > And life expectancy in India is about 49 years, rather less than in
> > countries practicing western medicine. That's the problem with the
> > old 'medical' traditions - patients tend to die young. Bother.
> >
> This is a facetious argument. The culture and the living conditions
> are vastly different. You cannot equate the use of "western medicine"
> and long life, any more than you can say that the Indian's use of "old
> 'medical' traditions" is the reason their life expectancy is 49 years
> as opposed to 76 or so in the west. There are too many factors involved.
Yup, many factors, but all hinging on the willingness to experiment,
to test ideas, rather than submit to doctrine. The generally better
health of Western life lifestyles involves sanitation, modern medicine,
a systematic approach to life sciences. If ya don't buy into the
germ theory of disease, ya have a hard time dealing with disease. If
ya don't relentlessly scrutinize the factors relating to disease and
health, ya have a hard time reducing disease and improving health. The
proof is in the pudding - traditional societies, doctrinaire societies,
aren't nearly as conducive to health & happiness as the Western world.
If traditional Indian life & medicine were appealing, the world would
be flocking into India. People aren't dumb. They vote with their
feet. Those who can, head to Europe, North America, Australia, etc.
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