The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72996   Message #1262852
Posted By: GUEST
02-Sep-04 - 04:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Science and New Age: Bridging the chasm
Subject: RE: BS: Science and New Age: Bridging the chasm
Let us begin the debunking, then Clinton. Let's start with this one, given to us by mack, above:

"New Age "medical" therapies often seek validation by inclusion in tax supported plans and institutions. Since these "therapies" are usually unproven or disproven, we see this as a theft of public money and an erosion of what science itself means."

My questions to you skeptics:

1. What New Age "medical" therapies do you mean? List them specifically please. Some medical therapies, like massage therapy or music therapy are often labelled New Age out of ignorance.

2. What "tax supported plans and institutions" are you referring to? Name names, be specific.

3. What "public monies" are currently being given to New Age medical therapies? Under what governmental department are our tax dollars being distrubted to these New Age therapies? What Congressional committees and subcommittees are responsible for their oversight?

4. How do New Age "medical" therapies "erosion of what science itself means"? (Editor's Note: I shudder to think this answer may stem from the same sort of "logic" that gay marriage undermines the institution of heterosexual marriage.)

You see, none of the above has anything to do with legitimate science, but definitely has a LOT to do with stereotypical, illogical "magical" thinking by so-called skeptics.