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Do you suffer from chronic pain? Maybe acupuncture is just what the doctor ordered. Millions of people say that acupuncture has alleviated their suffering and boosted their bodies, but others insist that it's more rooted in belief than scientific fact. Is acupuncture really the cure for what ails you, or does it only turn you into a human pincushion?
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Your arguement is both ignorant and insulting
Anecdotes are useless
Anecdotes led to bleeding, purgatives, and other useless treatments (such as acupuncture). Hasn't anyone explained this to you? Your stories mean nothing. Where are the controlled experiments that support acupuncture? (They do not exist; but you can look, if you have time to waste.)
I don't mind people who are simply uninformed on a topic. What I mind is people who are uninformed, yet pontificate on a topic as if they were informed: Justin Kruger and David Dunning "Unskilled and Unaware of It" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1999, Vol. 77, No. 6. ] 1121-1134. This is free, online, but the URL is not handy.
- JJM
September 19, 2008 1:44PM
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