On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Damien Broderick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thespike@satx.rr.com">thespike@satx.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
At 11:10 AM 11/2/2008 -0800, Olga wrote:<br>
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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).<br>
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Even more puke-making (modulo effective placebo and barely conceivable psi effects), I believe "being prayed for" also gets coverage under some plans.<br>
</blockquote><div><br>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...<br>
<br>Stefano Vaj<br></div></div>