Michael Turley wrote:
On 6/30/05, Haukur Þorgeirsson haukurth@hi.is wrote:
When we say "Homeopathy is a pseudoscience." we are also providing information by writing down a true statement. If I may paraphrase a couple of sentences from a certain sci-fi franchise:
"The first duty of every Wikipedian is to the truth, scientific truth, historical truth and personal truth. It is the guiding principle of Wikipedia."
You've mentioned four separate truths there.
Four? I only see three in that list.
I'm of the opinion that Wikipedia tries to serve all of them, not just the scientific truth.
In what order we serve them is the primary puzzle, and that differs on a case by case basis.
If a person feels that he has been healed by Homeopathy, that is a personal truth.
Hahnemann's work in homeopathy, the adoption of the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia byt the US government, and the preogress of legal cases about homeopathy are all part of the historical truth.
I considered scientific truth in my previous posting.
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