Re: Campaign launched against dietary supplements

From: David Wright (wright_at_clam.prodigy.net)
Date: 01/26/05

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    In article <G_qdndknycQ2cWjcRVn-hQ@got.net>,
    Robert <RobertJ@hotmail.com> wrote:
    >
    >"David Wright" <wright@clam.prodigy.net> wrote in message
    >news:DhkJd.9135$Ds1.4537@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com...
    >> In article <CMydne3Vd9hjimncRVn-1w@got.net>,
    >> Robert <RobertJ@hotmail.com> wrote:
    >> >
    >> ><calypso@voyger.com> wrote in message
    >> >news:41f3fe2f$0$63176$4d5ecec7@reader.city-net.com...
    >> >>
    >> >> I think this kind of "feel" good is what is being sold. In the selling
    >> >> there is often a great point made about "increased energy" and other
    >very
    >> >> vague things. The only way we can know for sure if something works is
    >to
    >> >> test it wherethings like these mental things are not allowed to
    >interfere.
    >> >> The placebo effect is what the science people call it. That is why
    >even
    >> >> the person testing some new thing doesn't know which pill has the new
    >> >> stuff and which has some typical thing like a sugar pill. Also if it
    >is
    >> >> not tested we don't know if someone would get better anyway. If I have
    >a
    >> >> cold and someone says take this pill and it will go away it will but
    >not
    >> >> because of the pill. But then I start to think it was the pill. This
    >is
    >> >> another reason we need things tested to see if they make a difference.
    >> >
    >> >The role of medicine is to make people feel better and it should include
    >the
    >> >use of placebos.
    >> >What the west calls placebo the east calls chi.
    >>
    >> Well, I think that last sentence alone demonstrates your massive
    >> ignorance on the subject. Placebos and chi have only a tangential
    >> relationship.
    >Your problem is you can't see the forest for the trees. You separate
    >everything and call everything tangential.

    No, I'm just calling you ignorant, which is quite true. You obviously
    have no idea what chi is.

    >Health is a vague term and so is medicine.

    Not that vague.

    >The life force is within each one of us with placebos and chi and
    >anything else you want to call it including God can be used to create
    >a positive healthy environment.

    Speaking of pathetically vague...

    >Continue to separate and dissect everything and the parts do not
    >equal the whole.

    But if you don't understand any of the parts, I don't think you're
    going to understand the whole, either.

      -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
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               were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)

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