The Truth About "Natural" Healing
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<-<-<-<- "The Bell Cow?" Copyright © 2004 David Monniaux. <-<-<-<- The V I P ? "Napoleon on his Imperial throne" by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres More About The Book "Science Meets Alternative Medicine" "Speak of the Devil!" "Bullmoose" in Person U.S. Government Photo, CHugach State Park, Alaska. |
Well if you've read the "legal" page (the previous segment), you'll
understand when I say Mr. John Stuart Mill and I are both here to
tell you that what's good for General Bullmoose IS NOT good for
everybody. Maybe not even for General Bullmoose! But HE ALONE
should have to bear the consequences of BELIEVING it's good for
him. In reality it seems we're all still in Dogpatch "paying" for
General Bullmoose's inflated opinion of himself --- he apparantly
has us believing it with him. We've been considered the "ignorant
masses" so long most of us evidently see ourselves that way. Our
ususal response to evidence of possibilities alternative to
"expert" opinions is: "But they've had all this specialized
training!", as if others are incapable of reading in their mother
tongue and thinking. A professional opinion actually is just that
--- an opinion --- SOMETIMES based on first-impression
superficial evidence, never considering other possibilities.
"Prejudice means literally pre-judgement, the rejection of a contention out of hand, before examining the evidence. Prejudice is the result of powerful emotions, not of sound reasoning. ... But we cannot reject out of hand, any more than we can accept at face value ..." ---- Carl Sagan, "Sense and Nonsense at the Edge of Science" Such a viewpoint doesn't have to be hateful. It CAN in fact be motivated by the most noble, charitable, philanthropic, etc. intentions. It only needs to be strongly held --- without regard for, interest in, or even curiosity about the evidence. But it is STILL prejudice. This neither describes all professional opinions nor is limited to professionals. It may, however, define the only "heart disease" that's contagious. Sadly, the most caring individuals are the most susceptible. The "established" way of healing ("allopathic medicine" in the Western world) is part of their "culture" ---- their "religious upbringing", if you will, even if they profess none. Especially friends and family. They really care about you and want the best for you. But love can be as misguided as zeal. Ever see a toddler not quite mentally and emotionally ready for it given a new pet, and who "loves" the baby duck, kitten, puppy or whatever so much it gets literally "loved" (squeezed) to death? Zeal OR love that's uninformed, mis-informed, or insufficiently informed can have similar results at any age. Sadly, recovery from this "illness" can be agonizingly slow and painful. Even in this more "enlightened" twenty-first century, (as the following true story illustrates) it appears that a professional chemist with degrees from Oxford and MIT, Anthony Standen, picked a timelessly apropos title for his 1950 book --- SCIENCE IS A SACRED COW. "Growing Up REALLY Drug Free --- A True Story" |
Tunnel Vision? U.S. National Park Service Photo by Jonathan S. Garcia More From Carl Sagan "My Mind Is Made Up! Don't Confuse Me With The Facts." "Sacred" Cow, New Delhi, India; Marc Shandro, Wikimedia Commons contributor The Truth About "Natural" Healing -- Ten Things You Should Know 1. What IS It -- REALLY? Scientific "Alternative Medicine"? OR Psychosomatic Occult Superstition? 2. The Issues -- Widespread Claims & Misconceptions 3. Is It Safe? 4. Is It Scientific? 5. Is It Legal? 6. What's the REAL Problem? ( THE PAGE YOU ARE NOW READING.) 7. Is It Enough? --- Growing Up REALLY Drug Free --- A True Story 8. Is It For YOU? 9. How Does It Work? --- Unconventional Concepts of Illness & Health --- You May or May Not Have Considered 10. How You Can Learn More --- Sources & Resources Text-only Version - for Printing the Above Pages (Opens in a new window so you won't lose this navigation bar) Appendix -- Other Observations ---- and Questions You May or May Not Have Thought About. Appendix 2 --- A Natural-Healing Perspective on Coronavirus --- and most other "microbes" that are blamed for various illnesses Living Wills, Advance Medical Directives, and Serious Considerations More about the book SCIENCE IS A SACRED COW |
NOTHING in these pages is intended to diagnose, treat or cure ANY illness or disease; nor to prescribe, endorse, OR EVEN RECOMMEND any substance, therapy or other health care choice. All material is provided as INFORMATION ONLY for the exclusive use of persons wishing to take greater PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for their body and health or those desiring to defend the reasonableness of doing so. This work is privately funded, purely educational, non- commercial, non-political, non-religious, and strives to be as neutral and non-partisan in every other way as presenting facts and correcting error can possibly be. While based on sources believed by the editor to be reliable, all statements not directly quoted from and referenced to other sources should be considered merely one person's unorthodox opinion. |
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