> we know for sure that anything non-medicine does, by definition, not work. We don't actually know that. That something is proven to work to the satisfaction

> we know for sure that anything non-medicine does, by definition, not work. We don't actually know that. That something is proven to work to the satisfaction of the FDA and the doctor's lobbies is too high a bar to say that anything failing to meet it does not work. Many treatments that "work" either can't adequately be double-blind tested or have a status such that the current US regulatory climate makes it too hard to get them approved as treatments. For instance, treatments that are "medicine" in other countries (China, Japan, Russia...) but not yet accepted here. Treatments that can't be patented so it doesn't make economic sense to get them approved here. Treatments that probably work but are legally or ethically problematic for other reasons (eg, ketamine for depression, alcohol for social anxiety, or cigarettes for weight loss).