See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4307826.stm
So, two guys get a Nobel prize for discovering that a bacterial infection causes ulcers. A simple antibiotic cures the problem. Does anyone see anything DRAMATICALLY WRONG with this event? They describe the discovery as "bloody obvious" and say that they were "shunned" and labeled as "eccentric". More than that, decades of "modern medicine" fail to correctly identify the simple cause of a painful and debilitating condition. If this sort of thing can 'get by' the supposed experts for huge periods of time, WHAT ELSE could we be missing ESPECIALLY in scientific fields that are vastly more speculative and remote than the immediate task of curing a pain in your gut? This event is downright scary - has society become so artificial and isolated in its logic as to permit this? Nor is this the only example. Recently, I got over a 2 month long viral infection that felt like it would never end. I recalled that when I was 20 years old, I was diagnosed with mononucleosis. I made the mono go away in two days after taking large doses of vitamin C. I tried the same thing with my recent illness and , in a few days, got the same result. I have since read that many alternative doctors have long known this and commented on the dramatic recovery of people with mono using vitamin C in large doses. I conclude that we - our culture of technology - could be dead wrong about an astounding number of things - given that it takes us decades of struggle even to recognize "bloody obvious" cures.
