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Then when you talk about the pull-out method of family planning, you say it's a good technique because you'll have kids. That's some impressive double-speak. Ne
by stiff 14y ago
Then when you talk about the pull-out method of family planning, you say it's a good technique because you'll have kids. That's some impressive double-speak. Next you'll tell me that Caffeine is a good sleep aid because evolution wants you to be more productive.
I didn't phrase it clear enough, I admit, but what I meant is only that avoiding contraceptive pills would free you from the exposure to the pretty bad side effect they turned out to have even though they were supposedly well tested. I just used it as an illustration of my point that being a bit sceptical towards the very new lifestyle approaches is not a bad rule of thumb in abscence of other considerations.
I also of course agree herbs can have serious side effects. You really seem to want to turn it into an X vs Y thing where there has to be one winner. I just want to say that despite all the bad press science seems to indicate using herbs in some particular situations in particular ways might be very beneficial.
- klodolph 14y ago> You really seem to want to turn it into an X vs Y thing where there has to be one winner. The only X versus Y here is scrutiny. Read my posts a little more carefully: my criticism of herbal remedies is not about the fact that they are herbal, but the fact that they are understood little and regulated poorly. That's not a problem with the remedies themselves, but with the laws and systems of incentives driving scientific research.