Sorry for the even-more off-topic
Posted Aug 20, 2012 0:04 UTC (Mon) by
man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
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Sorry for the even-more off-topic by neilbrown
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Garzik: An Andre To Remember
Thanks for the recursive laugh, I always appreciate those :)
Anyway, I don't have any scientific basis to dislike unscientific theories, but I am not right now speaking from an office which is (or should be) based on science. If a professor of Astronomy spoke about the horoscope I would start to worry... And I am not a medical practitioner, thank god, since I think it is one of the hardest professions.
From medical practitioners I expect to get at least a plausible explanation of the causes, or (as in the case of Minoxidil above) an experimental confirmation. We should require both, but life is tough. With homeopathy there are neither, and therefore the iniquity.
To bring this long thread at least a bit back into topic, the psychiatric profession has made wonderful advances both in the determination of the root causes of mental illnesses, and in the experimental treatment of those. If you don't feel well, please go to a doctor (a psychiatrist) in addition to a psychologist.
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