Hey,
To call it the opinion of one lonely scientist versus the rest of them is disingenuous. I doubt every scientist in the world disagrees with Ms. Ennis. And scientists are not gods, not even to atheists. I don't hold these fantastic scientists views to be better than mine because of the magical lab coat. Scientists by nature are flawed because they are always trying to control things.
Obviously it is somewhere we strongly disagree. I am not at all fond of the medicinal system where we treat symptoms instead of causes, and in doing so create more systems to treat. Homeopathy, to me, is valid, empirical and much more healthy. I mean compare SSRI (school shooting/self shooting) pills with meditation and personal growth in an attempt to learn why you act in such a way as to need SSRI's. I went that route, quit ALL psychoactive medicine and just dealt with the problems. I feel much better than I did on government drugs. My first experience with drugs was at the insistence of my controllers. I had to take speed, oh I mean Ritalin™ or I would be kicked out of school. In retrospect I should have taken the out, school was a bad idea. Treat the actual problem.
I am interested in what you think, but I know you don't like to discuss or give the benefit of the doubt. So I am inviting you to tear into me like I am an idiot, and not answer my honest questions.
Thank you,
-Pip
Quote:Homeopathy is not science until it can explain itself.What does that mean? Why isn't homeopathy a science? Who does it have to explain itself too? I understand it, is it a science to me?
To call it the opinion of one lonely scientist versus the rest of them is disingenuous. I doubt every scientist in the world disagrees with Ms. Ennis. And scientists are not gods, not even to atheists. I don't hold these fantastic scientists views to be better than mine because of the magical lab coat. Scientists by nature are flawed because they are always trying to control things.
Quote:I never argued that the placebo effect didn't exist. I don't see why you brought it up in the same post as one where you gave a lousy example of a scientist who "proved" homeopathy. The placebo effect does more damage to homeopathy than James Randi has ever done in debunking it.Again, please explain what this means. How and when did Randi 'debunk' homeopathy? I saw him debunk a lot of pseudo-science, but not homeopathy. Unless you think of empirical medicine as supernatural. How does the placebo effect damage the case for homeopathy? I always thought it helped prove it, that if someone thinks they will get better, they usually do. Before medicine and invasive treatment it seems we can just heal ourselves. From certain things, and in certain cases. I would like to hear how you think the placebo effect discredits homeopathic medicine.
Obviously it is somewhere we strongly disagree. I am not at all fond of the medicinal system where we treat symptoms instead of causes, and in doing so create more systems to treat. Homeopathy, to me, is valid, empirical and much more healthy. I mean compare SSRI (school shooting/self shooting) pills with meditation and personal growth in an attempt to learn why you act in such a way as to need SSRI's. I went that route, quit ALL psychoactive medicine and just dealt with the problems. I feel much better than I did on government drugs. My first experience with drugs was at the insistence of my controllers. I had to take speed, oh I mean Ritalin™ or I would be kicked out of school. In retrospect I should have taken the out, school was a bad idea. Treat the actual problem.
I am interested in what you think, but I know you don't like to discuss or give the benefit of the doubt. So I am inviting you to tear into me like I am an idiot, and not answer my honest questions.
Thank you,
-Pip
