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- From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: "reflexology"?
- Message-ID: <17910@pitt.UUCP>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 00:28:09 GMT
- References: <Byst5C.A89@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <17747@pitt.UUCP> <1992Dec14.100958.12144@vms.eurokom.ie>
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- Reply-To: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
- Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh Computer Science
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- In article <1992Dec14.100958.12144@vms.eurokom.ie> mdebuitlear@vms.eurokom.ie writes:
- >>>
- >> There is no known scientific basis for it. Certainly they can
- >> make people feel better, but so can just about any quack system.
- >
- >Strange indeed - what is wrong with making people feel better, thats what
- >they usually want from a treatment/consultation. Doesn't sound unreasonable
- >to me, you go to a reflexologist, get treated, pay up and go home feeling
- >better - everyones happy (except the people in this newsgroup).
- >
-
- Nothing wrong with making people feel better. Santa Claus and the
- tooth fairy make a lot of kids feel good. But just don't confuse
- it with science, that's all.
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- Gordon Banks N3JXP | "I have given you an argument; I am not obliged
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