"So psychic powers and tea-leaf reading might be complete hokum but where’s the harm in it"? I get asked this quite a lot. I am told that I “believe” in a material rational world and so I get all hot under the collar when someone has an alternative “belief”. Avoiding getting into a discussion about belief and evidence, I simple answer: “homeoprophylaxis”.
Proponents believe in homeopathic vaccination. They encourage parents not to vaccinate their children but instead to give them homeopathic treatments. Homeopathic dilutions (ie water) of Pulsatilla to protect against measles and Variolinum against small pox - that sort of complete tosh!
So what's the harm in belief without evidence? Take a look at Issac Golden's blog http://homeopathy4health.wordpress.c...-by-kandylini/
and you'll see what I mean. We could all have fun spotting the logical fallacies in Golden's blog if it was not such a serious matter.
Belief without evidence exposes you to manipulation. It doesnt matter what you believe, but what you believe can influence your decisions which can be used to guide you in a direction you do not want. Usually to your detriment.
What you say is fair enough if it's your decision and your detriment. If it's your decision and other people's detriment, that's another. In this case it's parents being mislead and their children's detriment. Isaac Golden is in fact Dr Isaac Golden - he is a PhD (MA) and therefore he can mislead through the fallacy of authority. I don't want to over simplify things but it does amaze me how medical authorities (in this case in Australia) allow such unethical practice in their name.
Well Dr Isaac Golden has turned up a few times at The Millenium Project, Peter Bowditchs excellent site.
Might be worth e-mailing him this latest bit of lunacy
Interesting information, thanks for this.Originally Posted by Mongrel
Well Dr Isaac Golden has turned up a few times at The Millenium Project, Peter Bowditchs excellent site.
Might be worth e-mailing him this latest bit of lunacy
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