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I'm not sure that invalidates GP's point. Your comment is basically just repeating his premise. If we don't understand the why, we don't understand the how. We
by chatmasta 4y ago
I'm not sure that invalidates GP's point. Your comment is basically just repeating his premise. If we don't understand the why, we don't understand the how. We can spend years testing that "it works," but we're only testing for a specific outcome and checking for specific risks. Without understanding the how or why, we have little way of knowing what we don't know.
- mulmen 4y agoWe start with what then much later to how which finally leads us to why.
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- tinco 4y agoGround rhino horn and tiger penis don't have measurable results, sure it's not ideal we might not understand how aspirin does what it does, but at least we know that it does something. That's not even in the same ballpark as Chinese medicine so comparing them just for that reason is disingenuous. We don't test medicine for marketing, we test them for results. If homeopathy and Chinese medicine would teach us one thing it's that testing only for marketing would be the greatest waste of time and money ever.
- mrguyorama 4y agoIndeed, chinese medicine and homeopathy show us that spending a dime on testing that you could be spending on marketing instead is always a waste
- russdill 4y agoNot only that, but it's based on a very certain, but false, idea of why it "works".