Posted by fires on February 26, 2005, at 14:53:51
In reply to Re: another thing to ponder » fires, posted by AuntieMel on February 26, 2005, at 9:42:33
> <<<<<<1) "Support" can sometimes take the form of informing people of their misconceptions.
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> Like you I tend to be more science oriented than emotion oriented. But because I tend to use logic more than feeling I wouldn't dream of "informing people of their misconceptions" because I don't know for absolute cast-in-concrete sure that they *are* misconceptions.
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> Without hard proof that I can see with my own eyes I don't feel I can make a judgement. I know what *I* believe, based on what I've seen, but I can't be sure there isn't somewhere evidence to the contrary.
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> This is especially true of psychology (which, if you notice is also the board that has very sensitive participants) - and in my opinion it doesn't really matter if the method is valid or not as long as it isn't causing any harm. Because even if it is time, or meds, or placebo effect it just doesn't matter to me. What matters is that people are either getting better, or are comforted by it.
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> But - this isn't administrative. I'd love to discuss the various methods of therapy and their pros and cons. On the politics board.
I can provide many links from scientific sources that state that certain therapies are not founded on scientific principles. The harm is that patients forgo real treatments. I posted several good books on the Book site. You can proboably find post by searching : pseudoscience.My health is touch and go right now: BP up, ears ringing, and rare episodes of very brief -- but very strong palpitations. I don't feel like starting any new debates right now. Maybe in a few days.
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