Sometimes it only takes a 4th grade science project to debunk a
pseudo-science:
" Emily Rosa, at 9 years of age, conceived and executed a study on
therapeutic touch. With the help of Stephen Barrett from Quackwatch, and with
the assistance of her mother, Linda Rosa, RN, Emily became the youngest
research team member to have a paper accepted by the Journal of the American
Medical Association (JAMA) for her part in a study of therapeutic touch,
which debunked the claims of therapeutic touch practitioners."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_touch#Scientific_investigations
P.S. I know I said I was only making the one post in this thread. The key
word was THIS thread--i.e. remotely resembling the topic of the OP: The
Canonical/MS project. This has gone so far away from the original topic, it
has become a thread unto itself. A thread that really belongs in "The Troll
Hole" IMHO. Don't get me wrong, I like a good discussion of scientific
epistemology as much as the next person. Normally, however, this forum is
saved for helping people with technical problems. If some of the veterans
here are concerned with how this will all look to newcomers, and I think they
are right to give that some consideration, then relegating this to the Troll
Hole is really the appropriate way to go.
