[WikiEN-l] Re: Pseudoscience category - GSPOV

Tue Jun 28 17:09:28 UTC 2005

Yes, the merge is a bad idea. Quack medicine should be merged with  
fraud rather.

Fred

On Jun 28, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Laura K Fisher wrote:

>
> On Jun 28, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Fred Bauder wrote:
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>> Alternative medicine might involve things like strong suggestion  
>> and placebos, and actually work. Quack medicine involves cleaning  
>> out the last assets of the victim and their family.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>
> That's the best way to put the distinction I've heard.
>
> I strongly disagree with a merge and think that Quackery should be  
> a subcat of Medicine instead of Alternative medicine.  One can dupe  
> patients with unnecessary traditional-type therapies as much as one  
> can with alternative ones.
>
>
> Laurascudder
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