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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

HuckleB

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8. Again, the evidence is clear. It's not working.

Reply to Wilms (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 26, 2013, 03:25 PM

Oct 2013

And again, I once thought it worked. Try digging into the full story. I've offered some very good places to start.

You may realize that you don't need to spend so much time and so many resources on something that offers only a placebo effect.

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Chairman Mao: The real inventor of “traditional Chinese medicine” [View all] HuckleB Oct 2013 OP

Had I realized this would be the result... Wilms Oct 2013 #1

That's your response when the real world enters your view? HuckleB Oct 2013 #2

What can I say? I've seen acupuncture work. Wilms Oct 2013 #3

You've the same placebo effect as with any other placebo effect. HuckleB Oct 2013 #4

The first thing apparent is that you have an axe to grind. Wilms Oct 2013 #5

No, I'm just looking at things with a truly open mind. HuckleB Oct 2013 #6

I'm sure we could round and round. Wilms Oct 2013 #7

Again, the evidence is clear. It's not working. HuckleB Oct 2013 #8

Really? Are you Bill Frist doing tele-medicine? Wilms Oct 2013 #9

The only one assuming anything is you. HuckleB Oct 2013 #11

Pardon? Wilms Oct 2013 #12

And now you're pushing the fake notions of Eastern and Western. HuckleB Oct 2013 #13

You're not done yelling at me? Wilms Oct 2013 #14

Not one thing you've written indicates any knowledge of what I've posted. HuckleB Oct 2013 #15

Have the last word, HB. Wilms Oct 2013 #16

You offered no actual "word." HuckleB Oct 2013 #17

As with many of these situations EvolveOrConvolve Oct 2013 #10

For example, one of the things Mao extincted from TCM was lucky charms. DetlefK Oct 2013 #18

Too bad. Lucky Charms are magically delicious... SidDithers Oct 2013 #19