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I write a lot. I can tell from my own experience that what I'm feeling when I write translates into my handwriting in subtle ways. You may object to some partic

I write a lot. I can tell from my own experience that what I'm feeling when I write translates into my handwriting in subtle ways. You may object to some particular method that I'm unaware of, but I don't think "handwriting analysis" in general is absurd. It's data and so there are models of it and inferences.

michaelmrose 7y ago
Personal feelings are not how we evaluate a scientific discipline. It's phrenology level nonsense. A coworker once told me that his chiropractor told him he could help him with hemroids. This not only made me dubious about her ability to cure hemroids. It made me dubious that she could do anything about back pain. Capable people don't spew nonsense within the scope of their capabilities. The second his analyst registered an opinion about the personality of the writer I became dubious that she could even tell who wrote it.
- BucketSort 7y ago
  People felt the same way about Einstein's cosmic intuition. Things evolve in stages, from intuition and anecdotes to more formal developments or refutations. I didn't say handwriting analysis is a fully legitimate area. I said as a writer I see how my writing changes and don't find the concept as absurd as many here do because of my anecdotal experience. You may hand wave that away because I don't have a statistical analysis here that is peer reviewed, and that's fine, but to me saying something is nonsense without a proof that it's nonsense is equally bad. Everything that isn't completely rigorous isn't nonsense. It's not good science, but not necessarily nonsense.
- elcritch 7y ago
  It’s not outside the realm of plausibility that certain chiropractic procedures could help with digestive issues linked to other issues. There’s been a decent amount of research recently into stimulating the vagus nerve for example and how it affects not only digestion but also mood and immune function. If a pinched spinal nerve is causing digestive issues perhaps it could lead to other issues. Curing every case? Likely not, but perhaps it could help some individuals. Now the chiropractic field is also full of half baked practitioners as well, imho.

michaelmrose 7y ago

Personal feelings are not how we evaluate a scientific discipline. It's phrenology level nonsense. A coworker once told me that his chiropractor told him he could help him with hemroids. This not only made me dubious about her ability to cure hemroids. It made me dubious that she could do anything about back pain. Capable people don't spew nonsense within the scope of their capabilities. The second his analyst registered an opinion about the personality of the writer I became dubious that she could even tell who wrote it.

BucketSort 7y ago
People felt the same way about Einstein's cosmic intuition. Things evolve in stages, from intuition and anecdotes to more formal developments or refutations. I didn't say handwriting analysis is a fully legitimate area. I said as a writer I see how my writing changes and don't find the concept as absurd as many here do because of my anecdotal experience. You may hand wave that away because I don't have a statistical analysis here that is peer reviewed, and that's fine, but to me saying something is nonsense without a proof that it's nonsense is equally bad. Everything that isn't completely rigorous isn't nonsense. It's not good science, but not necessarily nonsense.
elcritch 7y ago
It’s not outside the realm of plausibility that certain chiropractic procedures could help with digestive issues linked to other issues. There’s been a decent amount of research recently into stimulating the vagus nerve for example and how it affects not only digestion but also mood and immune function. If a pinched spinal nerve is causing digestive issues perhaps it could lead to other issues. Curing every case? Likely not, but perhaps it could help some individuals. Now the chiropractic field is also full of half baked practitioners as well, imho.