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You attacked the guy pretty harshly, basically insinuating that the dude he suggested is a quack. You should expect a response like his when you do that. If th

You attacked the guy pretty harshly, basically insinuating that the dude he suggested is a quack. You should expect a response like his when you do that. If that wasn't your intent, keep a eye on your communication methods - written passages convey the tone assumed, even if that is not the tone you set.

richardw 16y ago
No, that was hardly harsh. Guy claims a hero is the fixer for all ills, I point you at a quack site. Can't handle that and gets all insulting? Okay. How about 'there are many doctors on the internet who claim to be the answer to every illness. The odds that your one guy has somehow out-thought every other smart doctor to find time to fix the most intractable health issues at the rate of (10 000 / career time) is hard to believe. That he might be the one person who knows about exactly what the OP has as a condition, has a likelihood that is vanishingly small.' I reckon the issues of health are harder than programming. No programmer knows everything, and those who claim to should be ignored. Therefore, any doctor claiming to have all the answers should at the very least be treated with huge suspicion. Add in massive self-promotion and every alarm bell goes off. The guy may have some great stuff, but being presented as the sole Doctor for the New Millenium is going to get you attacked, and far more harshly than I have.
- run4yourlives 16y ago
  Guy claims a hero is the fixer for all ills, Where exactly did he do that? From what I can read he is simply providing a suggestion to a person who has been talking to doctors since he was 20. It seemed I quite possibly have assumed that the tone in your comment was not intentional, but it looks like that wasn't the case. Quit being such an asshole.
  - richardw 16y ago
    What part of his claim was relevant to the OP's issue? Is a blanket claim of 10k healed useful? Is that out of 10k people with similar conditions to the OP or 100k drive-by vitamin injections and a new diet and a 10% success rate? How was the improvement measured? Do you care that the OP could go on some wild goose chase that isn't the best use of their resources?

richardw 16y ago

No, that was hardly harsh. Guy claims a hero is the fixer for all ills, I point you at a quack site. Can't handle that and gets all insulting? Okay. How about 'there are many doctors on the internet who claim to be the answer to every illness. The odds that your one guy has somehow out-thought every other smart doctor to find time to fix the most intractable health issues at the rate of (10 000 / career time) is hard to believe. That he might be the one person who knows about exactly what the OP has as a condition, has a likelihood that is vanishingly small.' I reckon the issues of health are harder than programming. No programmer knows everything, and those who claim to should be ignored. Therefore, any doctor claiming to have all the answers should at the very least be treated with huge suspicion. Add in massive self-promotion and every alarm bell goes off. The guy may have some great stuff, but being presented as the sole Doctor for the New Millenium is going to get you attacked, and far more harshly than I have.

run4yourlives 16y ago
Guy claims a hero is the fixer for all ills, Where exactly did he do that? From what I can read he is simply providing a suggestion to a person who has been talking to doctors since he was 20. It seemed I quite possibly have assumed that the tone in your comment was not intentional, but it looks like that wasn't the case. Quit being such an asshole.
- richardw 16y ago
  What part of his claim was relevant to the OP's issue? Is a blanket claim of 10k healed useful? Is that out of 10k people with similar conditions to the OP or 100k drive-by vitamin injections and a new diet and a 10% success rate? How was the improvement measured? Do you care that the OP could go on some wild goose chase that isn't the best use of their resources?