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 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] 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:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]>
