Re: Chiropractic murder

Ralph Kennedy <kennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<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.

Yes, it is. Statistics can handle that intrpersonal variation just fine -
it's why drug studies are done on groups and not single individuals. If a
medicine has an effect at a greater rate than a placebo a well designed
study will show it.


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.

Lack of proof of efficacy when no studies have been done is one thing. Lack
of proof of efficacy when multiple studies have been done is another. Not
all alternative medicines don't work - the ones that do will exhibit that
behavior under scientific testing.

--
Aaron
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