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>When it comes to their health, people will go where there are results. Isn't that exactly what you are disputing? I think we have to allow for the possibilit

>When it comes to their health, people will go where there are results. Isn't that exactly what you are disputing? I think we have to allow for the possibility that some of the correlations identified over thousands of years may actually be real. I would never follow any of that advice, because I agree that the scientific process we have today is vastly superior and supercedes traditional medicine. "Try things and see what works" wasn't invented yesterday though. That's why people were successfully using citrus fruits against scurvy long before double blind trials became a thing.

ksk 9y ago
Yeah 'some' of those 'correlations' might also involve sourcing crocodile dung [1]. Or maybe you prefer cutting open a vein and draining some blood when you feel sick? [2] The qualifying time for the Boston Marathon today, was a world record 100 years ago. So yeah, maybe these remedies were 'world records' in their time. But now, we have advanced, and they're sub-par and often times downright dangerous. [1] http://www.crystalinks.com/egyptmedicine.html http://www.crystalinks.com/egyptmedicine.html [2] http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/14/health/death-of-a-president-a-200-year-old-malpractice-debate.html http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/14/health/death-of-a-presiden...