[WikiEN-l] Re: Pseudoscience category - GSPOV

Wed Jun 29 01:52:22 UTC 2005

Laura K Fisher wrote:

> On Jun 28, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Fred Bauder wrote:
>
>> 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.

You could even get the scientologists to support that. :-)

Ec