TC's & Quacks - Was:Re: Piffard Hyperstatic Transformer - etc (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 15:50:38 EDT
From: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
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Subject: TC's & Quacks - Was:Re: Piffard Hyperstatic Transformer - etc

 
In a message dated 8/8/07 10:46:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

In 2007,  "legitimate sources" are not case studies. They are double blinded  
randomized controlled trials published in peer reviewed journals showing  
statistical benefit. I think that probably substantially downgrades the 5%  
benefit. Do you know of any actual studies that meet this criteria?   If the 
FDA is giving approval then presumably there were some but I can't  imagine 
what benefit a Violet ray machine could give  physiologically.

Cheers
Peter
http://tesladownunder.com



Hi Peter,
 
    Of course, the benefit is psycho-emotional, and  that's what keeps the 
folks coming back. For many, it's the simple fact that  someone is taking an 
interest in them that re-energizes their immune systems.  One of the things I've 
noticed, over the years, is that real doctors are  occasionally uncertain, and 
use such words as "probably", "there's an X%  chance", or even "I'm not 
sure". Quacks and charlatans NEVER use such  words. People find their absolute 
confidence reassuring.
     Following an auto accident, back in the 70's,  my lawyer sent me to one 
of those phony doctors with phony degrees from phony  schools. The lawyer said 
they were much more amenable to testifying with greater  surety than MD's or 
DO's, and that juries loved that. Years later, when the  state licensing board 
shut him down for using those TC-based 1920's and 30's  machines that he had 
inherited from his father's practice to "treat" serious  illnesses, there was 
a great public outcry of "institutional conspiracy".  
It seems to me that as technology becomes more  detached from common 
understanding, people want security more than they want  science, and touchy-feely and 
feel-good are at least as important as  having a real cure. The snake-oil 
salesmen realize this, (whether they wear  white lab coats or white collars). 
Even to many college graduates, Newton's  universe is far more comfortable than 
Einstein's and Heisenberg's. 
 
Matt D.
 
"The phonies, like the poor will always be with us."
 
 



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