[p2p-research] shots in the dark/p2p article

[Michel Bauwens]

non-scientific sample,

 - as a youth I had chronic sinusitis, asthmatic bronchities ... went to
dozens of "scientific doctors", tried vaccines, got tonnes of anti-biotics
and who knows what  ... nothing helped ... until I tried homeopathy in
despair ... after about 2 months it was gone and has remained so for the
rest of my life ...

- I had to go to a long trekking in the mountains of Krete, and was worried
about both my mosquito phobia and a allergy to their bites (huge red
bubbles, extremely itchy), this had been a problem throughout my youth ...
my homeopath gave me a concoction ... what happened in Krete: my neighbours
average about 30-40  bites each night (yes, it was hell), I had 2-3  .. and,
the allergy was gone for ever ... to this day, mosquite bites only register
as tiny little dots ...

If you go to the homeopathic associations, entirely staffted by
scientifically trained doctors by the way, they have dozens of big books
with thousands of pages of double bind studies ... there is only one
condition: you have to research with the philosophy of homeopathy in mind
(which is: no one medication per symptom, BUT one medication towards the
combination of sympton and individual characteristics ...). Of course, this
is something pharma research, based on another paradigm, steadfastly refuses
to do ... (little known fact, homeopathic doctors live about a half dozen
years longers than classical physicians ...)

As for chiropraxy/osteopathy ...  if it is so bad, why are classic
physicians using it, but just changing the name ("manual theraphy"). The
truth is, if you have back pain, and you go to 'scientific doctors", they
will shot you through with medication and you'll end up at surgery, and
you'll be in pain for the rest of the life ... If that is the price you want
to pay to keep your faith in this type of science, good luck to you ... Or
if you are open to your own and others' experience and testimonies, and want
to get rid of your backpain, while improving your posture and overall health
.. well, welcome to the club ...

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Paul...
>
> I am honestly not trying to pick fights, but again, homeopathy is probably
> the single issue after vaccines that keeps the physician bloggers busy.
> They are ruthless is debunking its claims.  In third place is
> chiropractory.  To me the physicians' are compelling, but there are a lot of
> homeopathy users out there.  On the other hand, something like 15% of the US
> electorate wonders inconclusively if Obama is the anti-Christ.  So I'm not
> sure numbers make much of an argument in this case.
>
> Ryan
>
>  "Successful Use of Homeopathy In Over 2.5 Million People Reported From
>> Cuba"
>>
>
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