"Here, eat this root."

zarq — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:44:58 -0800

The Triumph of New-Age Medicine "Medicine has long decried acupuncture, homeopathy, and the like as dangerous nonsense that preys on the gullible. Again and again, carefully controlled studies have shown alternative medicine to work no better than a placebo. But now many doctors admit that alternative medicine often seems to do a better job of making patients well, and at a much lower cost, than mainstream care—and they’re trying to learn from it." Single Page Version Responses to the article will be posted each day (one per day) for the next couple of weeks at Fix or Fraud, a debate on Alternative Medicine. There is currently one response, with a reply from the article author: * Don't Dismiss These Treatments as Placebos (Taxpayers are funding major studies on alternative medicine -- and for good reason) by Josephine Briggs, M.D., and Jack Killen, M.D. The author's reply is here.

If it really works it doesn't matter if you don't believe in it

Burhanistan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:45:31 -0800

Investigating the Dim Mak Death Touch - "The old Kung Fu master touched his assailant, with no apparent effect. Days later, the assailant died a sudden and mysterious death. He was a victim of the legendary dim mak, the touch of death." [previously]

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"Here, eat this root."

If it really works it doesn't matter if you don't believe in it