Re: Chiropractic murder

Ralph Kennedy 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.

Double-blind testing is what took us out of the friggin' dark ages with respect to medicine. Your ilk would have us cheerfully plunge right back in.

--
Mike Dahmus
http://mdahmus.monkeysystems.com/blog/
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