I'm not a practitioner so I'm not going to make any studies. As far as the holistic crowd, many are artsy people, with a wide range of interests, who have litt

I'm not a practitioner so I'm not going to make any studies. As far as the holistic crowd, many are artsy people, with a wide range of interests, who have little interest in creating scientific studies. They have to earn a living, which is often difficult. Yes, there is also quackery, though I suspect there are some nuggets of gold in these practices. Among the scientists, it feels like there is a strong sentiment against such holistic practices & a perception that the practitioners are scammers. Judging from the reaction to me in this discussion, it would take a brave scientist to stick out his/her neck to spend years, money, & reputation to research such practices; when Bayer is offering a large grant to study their drugs. There's an old IT saying, "Nobody got fired for using Microsoft". Wouldn't the same apply here?