Shit Medicine

psychodiva · 01-11-2009, 05:46 PM

Something close to my heart is shit medicine- alternative and complementary medicine as people like to call it

here is an example of a shit medicine practitioner suing a skeptic

should be an interesting case

more about this later- and maybe on my pet topic of shit medicine - Homeopathy! - AKA water

Choobus · 01-11-2009, 05:58 PM

Shit medicine is sloppy research and doctors who make mistakes. Homeopathy doesn't even qualify as shit medicine, it's just retarded gibberish whose only redeeming feature is that by comparison it makes a lot of other ricockulous nonsense seem slightly less insane (e.g., healing crystals).

psychodiva · 01-11-2009, 06:00 PM

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Choobus wrote

Shit medicine is sloppy research and doctors who make mistakes. Homeopathy doesn't even qualify as shit medicine, it's just retarded gibberish whose only redeeming feature is that by comparison it makes a lot of other ricockulous nonsense seem slightly less insane (e.g., healing crystals).

true that - it doesn't even aspire to reach to be shit medicine but I still have to rant about it somewhere

psychodiva · 01-11-2009, 05:58 PM

For example this - the rise in cases of measles in England and Wales which can be attributed to the idiocy over the MMR vaccine promoted way out of proportion by the media.

Measles is a disease that kills - MMR has never been proven to be connected to autism - yet idiot parents will not protect their children from a fatal disease just because some sham tells them that some bad research may have connected it to incidences of autism- forgetting the clearer diagnosis of autism and increasing ability to recognise it in primary heaklthcare!

Kate · 01-11-2009, 05:59 PM

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ubs · 01-11-2009, 06:30 PM

If you sell something, you should be held accountable for your claims - absolutely - but I'm glad there's an alternative medicine industry.

We pay monopolistic prices for our healthcare here in the US in large part because that sector is bereft of market forces. I welcome what little competition they get.

Sternwallow · 01-11-2009, 07:02 PM

"There is no such thing as Alternative Medicine. There are practices that work and those which don't. The first is called Medicine."

Choobus · 01-11-2009, 07:09 PM

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"There is no such thing as Alternative Medicine. There are practices that work and those which don't. The first is called Medicine."

I agree, "alternative" medicine should be called what it is: alternative to medicine.

ubs · 01-11-2009, 07:16 PM

My econ professor, on lecture about monopolies (in which he used the AMA as an example) said "If economists were smart they would certify the practice of economics and then make up a dirty word for people that were interested in money but lacked the certification - like, say, quack.

Philboid Studge · 06-17-2009, 07:12 AM

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My econ professor, on lecture about monopolies (in which he used the AMA as an example) said "If economists were smart they would certify the practice of economics and then make up a dirty word for people that were interested in money but lacked the certification - like, say, quack.

Does your econ prof suckle off all of Milton Friedman's idiotic theories or just the one? (MF first proposed that the AMA was the Illuminati of the medical world.)

No economist has done more harm in the world than that miserable M.F.

ubs · 06-17-2009, 05:03 PM

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Does your econ prof suckle off all of Milton Friedman's idiotic theories or just the one? (MF first proposed that the AMA was the Illuminati of the medical world.)

No economist has done more harm in the world than that miserable M.F.

He was a Nobel Laureate and it wasn't that long ago. *smug grin here*

Do you have anything good to add the money discussion? Do you believe there is a PPT? Make a call on the state of the US for 2010. C'mon man theism is dull and politics is stupid. What ya got?

Philboid Studge · 06-18-2009, 06:46 AM

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He was a Nobel Laureate and it wasn't that long ago.

The fact that it wasn't that long ago is not a point in his favor.

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Do you have anything good to add the money discussion? Do you believe there is a PPT? Make a call on the state of the US for 2010. C'mon man theism is dull and politics is stupid. What ya got?

Wrong thread, ubsie, but I do believe there is a PPT and it can influence attitudes.