(October 30, 2016 at 10:01 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Most people like attention, and we can be reasonably assured of a positive response to it.
I earlier cited smoking cessation, and I'd square up my take on this a bit by saying if acupuncture is done so as to insure no harm will accrue, and the subject is responding as to a placebo or Hawthorne effect scenario, I'd reserve my ire for stuff done that is actually harmful, like administering bleach to autistics.
I've had a few friends over the years respond positively to acupuncture during smoking cessation efforts. I don't really care if acupuncture is bullshit or not in this usage, smoking is definitely dangerous, and the acupuncture was accomplished with no harm.
I agree.
The problem is that when something like this is given legitimacy, next thing you know, people are bringing their kids in for cancer treatment.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
