[ExI] Capitalizing on "Life Extension"

[Stefano Vaj]

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>wrote:

> At 11:10 AM 11/2/2008 -0800, Olga wrote:
>
>
>  of late I have been noticing more and more "complementary medicine"
>> creeping into scientific medicine (e.g., my medical insurance at work covers
>> stuff like chiropract[ic] and acupuncture).
>>
>
> Even more puke-making (modulo effective placebo and barely conceivable psi
> effects), I believe "being prayed for" also gets coverage under some plans.
>

OTOH, we should not err too much on the side of established wisdom and
academic science, especially since the same is a moving target. E.g.,
osteopathy or nutritional medicine used to be considered quackery, and by
now their effectiveness in the appropriate context is hardly challenged any
more...

Stefano Vaj
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