Apologies for the tl; dr-ness of the above post.
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@Cornu Ammonis - part of the difficulty with your standpoint, as I see it, is that you're arguing entirely from within the box of scientific method, of blind-testing and all-things-being-equal.
We can run with the placebo idea to the conclusion that the result is the person healing themselves with (or without) the help of conventional medicine rather than the inverse (ie conventional medicine plus 'complementary' treatment. This implies a more dynamic relationship between the healer and the person seeking treatment.
From this point of view, the personal nature of the relationship between the person seeking treatment and the particular treatments (and particular healers for that matter) means there is no guarantee of success or of particular results. It is vague because it's very much on an individual basis. I believe it needs to be thought about differently to the way you are describing.
In a greater holistic view this also has implications for all kinds of other 'services' that tend, in fact to act as Procrustean beds that will chop off a person's feet to make them fit. There is an inherent problem with standardization, and believe me that i'm not naive about the problems of a free-for-all, but there's a kernel of truth in the alt-healing issue that has big ramifications.
Scabies has feelings too you know!
How is cormy these days anyway?i don't know anyone who's pro crusty-in-bed
this fucking crusty went and slept in my parents' bed in the nip one time we had a party/free house, i was very much anti that
Why is the "other stuff" deeply unscientific? As I mentioned above, modern medicine readily acknowledges that a more holistic approach is better than a cold, clinical drug-focussed approach. Whether all clinicians practice this is a different issue but I would argue that "other stuff" on top or instead of drugs is best practice. What this "other stuff" is though, needs to be determined.
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