Agree. For the same reason that the 100-1 horse is probably not a good bet. The contributions to medicine tend to come from humble people who work hard, not from egoist outsiders.
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Benveniste was shown to be either very sloppy or a fraud by magician James Randi. Didn't Nature or whatever journal that published his study retract the article after Randi showed that the test tubes had been tampered with? I'll google this later and get back to you.
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I checked it out. The journal was Nature. The poorly controlled study was debunked and Benveniste's reputation took a big hit. A good account of the controversy is provided here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Benveniste …
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Benveniste has had a real scientist carreer before that episode. He worked on inflammation and the role of PAF acether. His controversial Paper has been reviewed and surprisingly published in
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though he is exactly as correct as every other homeopath
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