http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/11/how-woo-is-invading-medical-education.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/11/how-woo-is-invading-medical-education.html#comment-81815 Anonymous Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/11/how-woo-is-invading-medical-education.html#comment-81815 You can tell a therapy or school of practice is crap by its sloppy use of language. <br/>The best giveaway is the word energy. Used by a scientist, physician, engineer, car mechanic and most lay people, it indicates a quantifiable thermal, chemical, mechanical or other form of usable and measurable work. In all cases it has expressible units of measure. <br/>When the alternative crowd uses energy it describes something that isn't there, cannot be perceived by the senses or with any scientific instrument, and of course has no units of measure. <br/>Since it is completely immeasurable and undetectable, they are free to make any daffy claim they wish because it is impossible for their claim to be refuted. Any claim which by its own definition cannot be refuted is pure bunk. You can tell a therapy or school of practice is crap by its sloppy use of language.
The best giveaway is the word energy. Used by a scientist, physician, engineer, car mechanic and most lay people, it indicates a quantifiable thermal, chemical, mechanical or other form of usable and measurable work. In all cases it has expressible units of measure.
When the alternative crowd uses energy it describes something that isn’t there, cannot be perceived by the senses or with any scientific instrument, and of course has no units of measure.
Since it is completely immeasurable and undetectable, they are free to make any daffy claim they wish because it is impossible for their claim to be refuted. Any claim which by its own definition cannot be refuted is pure bunk.

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