Jose wrote: > > In my clinical experience (of some years now) there have been some > unexpected cures/recoveries. They have been amazing and wonderful > occurrences inexplicable by our current knowledge. Until I find >scientific > explanations for the cures, I will call them miracles. >
Josebab, please note that you say "until I find scientific explanations", the meaning of which should be clear to others from my answers to Mario's questions below. --- On Tue, 8/26/08, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I would like to know is, are there any events, > either positive or negative, that are known to have > occurred for which there is no plausible scientific > explanation. > There are many natural phenomena for which the complete scientific explanation is yet to be discovered, for example the phenomenon of consciousness or the phenomenon of sleep. I am thankful for the fact that they are unexplained, because otherwise I would be out of a job. When a scientist encounters an unexplained observation, he/she applies the method of science, and conducts painstaking research to find a natural explanation for it. > > For example, how does one get a malignant sarcoma when > there has never been a known incidence of cancer in > one's family? > As far as I know, there could be many reasons. For example, people with AIDS might get Kaposi's sarcoma from a Herpes virus. > > How does a child turn out to be left handed when there > are no left handers on either side of her family? > As far as I know, one reason might stem from the fact that environmental factors are known to play a role in the expression of left-handedness. Cheers, Santosh
