Tony Brown @ February 1, 2008 # 3 Comments
Eventually I got to see my Dentist and was prepared for him to do anything to get rid of my pain. Unfortunately, the receptionist had written the appointment out incorrectly and I was booked for a simple examination and no time for the major facial surgery I had convinced myself that I needed!
A prod, […]
Tony Brown @ October 16, 2007 # 3 Comments
A little moment of fame! I have become the object of some amusement over at the RationalWiki for trying to understand the scientific concept of Falsifiability.
It is the first time I have been attacked for being interested in shiatsu and Chinese medicine and it is an interesting experience. When I discovered the link […]
Tony Brown @ October 15, 2007 # One Comment
A while ago I wrote a post in support of Tracy’s Response to: What is alternative medicine anyway?. I have now received some additional comments to my own post Falsifiability.
I am picked up on a couple of points. Firstly that I am implying a rejection of the Western scientific method and secondly I […]
Tony Brown @ September 12, 2007 # One Comment
When Spider-man first appeared in 1962 he got his powers after being bitten by an irradiated spider. But when Spider-man gained his powers in the 2002 film the spider had become genetically modified. The source of Peter Parker’s powers changes because each generation develops its own cultural mythology for the prominent technology of […]
Tony Brown @ September 11, 2007 # 9 Comments
The discussion to Tracy’s post Response to: What is alternative medicine anyway? ended with me saying
[Qi theory] is no woo but a fascinating philosophy that pervades Chinese thought, art, martial arts, flower arranging and medicine.
and PalMD replying
It is beautiful and interesting…just not correct. You cannot use it to measure or predict anything. It cannot […]
Tony Brown @ September 7, 2007 # 3 Comments
Tracy provoked an interesting discussion on her post Response to: What is alternative medicine anyway?. It is worth reading and it is interesting how some people view the concept of Ki.
I want to expand on my own contributions to that thread and develop the theme into what I suppose is my own view of […]