"I generally find criticism of alt med ideas too simple & not worth my time."
That's nice. Arrogant much?
Leave it to us plebian skeptics to deal with this sort of nonsense. Don't bother to sully yourself. No, really. Don't bother your pretty little head. We've got this.
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Replying to @gorskon @crackedscience
He says that likely because 1. He doesn’t grasp the complex nature of the problem or 2. He doesn’t have the knowledge base to discuss these ideas or 3. He is intellectually lazy and ignorant of the fact that skills needed for criticism of alt med apply globally in medicine.
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I mean, many view the alt med industry as one of the greatest current threats to public health, deserving MORE time and resources to combat, but whatever.
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Yes (obviously I agree given how much time I spend on my blog hobby), but all too many doctors take the attitude that it's somehow not much of a threat and that dealing with it is somehow beneath them.
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I agree. To ignore the harmful role that alt med plays in fostering distrust in public health and spreading misinformation is naive at best. Complicit at worst.
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I remember back in 2006 when Vanderbilt opened their integrative medicine center. I was invited to be on some committee, until I gave a highly critical grand rounds and the invitation was rescinded.
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There must be some sort of badge for having an invitation rescinded. Why in the world would they extend that invitation to you in the first place?
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I had developed a reputation for being interested in alternative therapies. I was. I had just discovered that world. The more I researched the more I realized it was nonsense. My Grand Rounds was tame compared to what I would do now, but it was not supportive of their mission.
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Heh. You should have seen my Grand Rounds at Roswell Park a few years back. There was a minority contingent of doctors who were NOT pleased.
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