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"What do you think pharmacists and Chinese herbalists are?" 1. I think pharmacists have pretty easy, lucrative jobs. Good for them. I also know a lot of stud

"What do you think pharmacists and Chinese herbalists are?" 1. I think pharmacists have pretty easy, lucrative jobs. Good for them. I also know a lot of student pharmacists. Some of them are very cute. Good for them. 2. I think Chinese herbalists are naive and, in general, smell strange. I hope, maybe, to be a pharmacologist one day. Our work is somewhat different than yours. You get people high. We kill the plague. I am trying not to dislike you. But you said, "I am sure though that the effectiveness would be demonstrated." Really you are sure? You are sure you aren't poisoning people? I am not.

rms 19y ago
Thanks for that post. Can you edit the numbered statement to get rid of the leading space? This triggered the code mode which is causing horizontal scrolling on my screen.
ingenium 19y ago
If you are actually into the pharmacology industry, then you would know that most pharmaceuticals are derived from plants, fungi, or other organisms. They simply then add or remove functional groups to tweak them to be a little more effective or patentable. Pharmacology also has developed drugs to let you keep an erection for 4 hours and to put you in a better mood. So I fail to see the difference. Furthermore, how many drugs have been granted FDA approval only to later be found to be dangerous? FDA approval really doesn't mean that much...what DOES is if something has been commonly used for centuries by a particular culture; if it was "poisoning people", they wouldn't have continued using it.
- falsestprophet 19y ago
  "If it was "poisoning people", they wouldn't have continued using it." That is utterly false. "If you are actually into the pharmacology industry, then you would know that most pharmaceuticals are derived from plants, fungi, or other organisms." Well that has been the case for a very long time. This process is called drug discovery. We are going to be in a very good position to solve the "forward problem" in the near future. With adequate structure-activity models then computationally designed drugs are a real possibility. It is an exciting time for a hacker to be a chemical engineer.

rms 19y ago

Thanks for that post. Can you edit the numbered statement to get rid of the leading space? This triggered the code mode which is causing horizontal scrolling on my screen.

ingenium 19y ago

If you are actually into the pharmacology industry, then you would know that most pharmaceuticals are derived from plants, fungi, or other organisms. They simply then add or remove functional groups to tweak them to be a little more effective or patentable. Pharmacology also has developed drugs to let you keep an erection for 4 hours and to put you in a better mood. So I fail to see the difference. Furthermore, how many drugs have been granted FDA approval only to later be found to be dangerous? FDA approval really doesn't mean that much...what DOES is if something has been commonly used for centuries by a particular culture; if it was "poisoning people", they wouldn't have continued using it.

falsestprophet 19y ago
"If it was "poisoning people", they wouldn't have continued using it." That is utterly false. "If you are actually into the pharmacology industry, then you would know that most pharmaceuticals are derived from plants, fungi, or other organisms." Well that has been the case for a very long time. This process is called drug discovery. We are going to be in a very good position to solve the "forward problem" in the near future. With adequate structure-activity models then computationally designed drugs are a real possibility. It is an exciting time for a hacker to be a chemical engineer.