[WikiEN-l] Re: Pseudoscience category - GSPOV
Fred Bauder
fredbaud at ctelco.net
Tue Jun 28 17:09:28 UTC 2005
Yes, the merge is a bad idea. Quack medicine should be merged with
fraud rather.
Fred
On Jun 28, 2005, at 10:16 AM, Laura K Fisher wrote:
>
> On Jun 28, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Fred Bauder wrote:
>
>
>> Alternative medicine might involve things like strong suggestion
>> and placebos, and actually work. Quack medicine involves cleaning
>> out the last assets of the victim and their family.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>
> That's the best way to put the distinction I've heard.
>
> I strongly disagree with a merge and think that Quackery should be
> a subcat of Medicine instead of Alternative medicine. One can dupe
> patients with unnecessary traditional-type therapies as much as one
> can with alternative ones.
>
>
> Laurascudder
>
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