Re: What is Quackery?

What's a good microscope these days?
I was looking at the Olympus BH-2 Research Microscope - how do you rate
this?
Is it a nice bit of kit?
Anth

"Orac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  John 'the Man'  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Once upon a time, our fellow Orac
> >    rambled on about "Re: What is Quackery?."
> > Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...
> >
> > >but many alternative medicine writings that use
> > >mysticism and the "vital force."
> >
> > I write about the "vital force."  :)
>
> Exactly what I was saying about others outside of homeopathy writing
> about the "vital force" and invoking mysticism.
>
>
> > And, it is not bunk.
>
> Really? I'll judge that for myself.
>
>
> > Just thought that you might want to know. :)
> >
> > Here, is another one for you, Orac.
> >
> > I am a published author.
>
> That's nice. Am I supposed to be impressed?
>
>
> > I have published my seven principles of natural health.
>
> Where?
>
>
> > I have a published health and longevity program.
>
> Where?
>
>
> > I have two diet programs, both of which have been published.
>
> Where?
>
>
> > I have defined both 'natural health' and 'natural therapies.'
>
> That's nice.
>
>
> > I am working on the definitions of a number of other health terms.
> > All of *my* definitions will soon be published.  Many, already have
> > been.
>
> I did a Medline search on your name and turned up no hits; so presumably
> none of your publications were in peer-reviewed scientific journals. I
> also did a search of Amazon.com with your name and turned up no books
> written by you in or out of print. Perhaps you can tell me the names and
> publishers of a few of your books, because I can't find them. They
> wouldn't happen to have been self-published, now, would they? ;-)
>
>
> > My slanted history of Western Healing Practices is approximately 25
> > printed pages long.
> >
> > What have you ever done, Orac, besides complain?
>
> Heh, heh. I love it when they try to pull this one on me! You have no
> idea what how funny that is, but I'll try to tell you anyway. Let's see.
> Treated thousands of patients over my training and career. Published
> around 18 scientific articles thus far (with two more in press and two
> others being written right now). Published a chapter in a scientific
> treatise on gene therapy. Identified and characterized a new gene. Ah,
> but why waste my time? You almost certainly won't believe me anyway.
> But, if you e-mail me with a real nice, sincere request (if you dare), I
> might actually show you. No doubt, then you'll just castigate me as a
> representative of the eeevvvillll conventional medicine that you
> apparently detest. ;-)
>
> -- 
> Orac        |"A statement of fact cannot be insolent."
>             |
>             |"If you cannot listen to the answers, why do you
>             | inconvenience me with questions?"