IMO, when anyone makes a health claim, it needs to be tested. For so
many people the favourite argument is: "it can't be tested like
medicine." I think that's even a quote in that piece. This is patently
untrue and nothing more than a dodge.

Self mutilators actually have some success, the pain and process of
harming ones own flesh creates a whole set of different chemical
reactions in the brain. This doesn't cure or prevent, it simply makes
your brain discount or ignore the more natural problems.

On Feb 5, 11:50 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does acupuncture fit in with this group?  I knew a Chinese guy that
> swore by scratching.  He used a wooden back scratcher to mutilate
> himself and claimed it kept him from getting sick and helped him
> relax.  Whatever.  Real smart guy too; owns a chain of Subways.
> Workaholic.
>
> dj
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:36 PM, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote:
> > For some reason, nonsense rules the minds of the uneducated.
> > Homeopathy is one of those nonsense topics. It's bad enough that the
> > homeopathic promoters don't understand the first thing about medecine,
> > biology, chemical interactions, etc., why do otherwise intelligent
> > people and organisations lend them credibilty by allowing them to
> > entertain this nonsense in a collegiate environment? I would be
> > horrified at a university that allows flat-earthers to teach geography
> > or creationists to teach biology or a geocentrist to teach astronomy,
> > this is just as bad.
>
> >http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/ums_open_shame_the_center_...
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