Re: Chiropractic murder

<aborgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

I'm saying that any "alternative" medicine that shows better results than
placebos is actually functional and will be adopted by the medical
profession.

I'm also claiming that having positive results doesn't in any way imply
efficacy.

You misspelled "prove."

There is a reason double blind testing is done - and it isn't
because people like to waste money.

Double-blind testing is very useful, but since
people are different from each other in ways most
AMA physicians can't even begin to imagine, it is
not the be-all and end-all tool in medicine some
people claim it is.

Bottom line, you can refuse to accept whatever
you wish without proof of efficacy, and I even join
you in doing that, but none of you clowns have disproven
(which is a different thing altogether than simply
not accepting as having been proven) the vast amount
of alternative medicine you try to categorically dismiss.

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