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b_b · 3773 days ago · link · · parent · post: Clinical trials of integrative medicine: testing whether magic works?
Like I said, medicine advances through science and observation. That doesn't make science and medicine equivalent. Griping about specific claims made by some charlatans doesn't make me wrong. And it certainly doesn't mean that there aren't charlatans in traditional medicine either. The limitations of science-based medicine are well documented, and science-based medicine is often impractical or not applicable for many complex reasons. Asserting that it's "simple" betrays a deep lack of understanding of how medicine works. Not everything is quantifiable, and people aren't numbers on a page; we're subtle, complex, and emotive. Care providers (good ones, anyway) have a deep understanding of this.