RE: Alcoholics Anonymous and the like
January 20, 2014 at 4:24 pm
(This post was last modified: January 20, 2014 at 4:25 pm by Chas.)
(January 20, 2014 at 4:19 pm)LastPoet Wrote: It shows its bullshit FFS. If it was more than a circlejerk with doubious success rates, it would have reliable statistics. You know, there are other treatments that do have statistical data and scientific methods to support them.
You cannot validly draw the conclusion that it is bullshit from the data. You are expressing an opinion.
You certainly seem to have a hair across your ass concerning AA.
The studies haven't been done partly because, y'know, 'anonymous'. Some studies show high success, some low. Mostly there is self-reporting and anecdotes.
My opinion is that AA is no more effective than any other intervention, and that all interventions appear to be more successful than no intervention.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
