Apparently Harvard is also researching alternative healing modalities: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/04.18/09-tummo.html
On Feb 8, 12:01 pm, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Bloody hell, what is this? > > I agree with you Fidds. In fact I saw a piece in the news the other > week about this. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8489019.stm > > No the agreement is out of the way lets talk about your prediliction > for putting others down. > > My freind of course the uneducated have nonsense running through their > heads, they are uneducated. However many educated people belive in > such nonsense too, so what governs the willingness to belive > nonsense? I don't think education has as much to do with it as you > assume. > > On 5 Feb, 19:57, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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_... > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.-Hidequoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
