DSimon comments on A Rationalist's Tale - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 29 September 2011 03:13:52PM *  2 points [-]

I've got a similar story. A high school friend's grandmother took a trip to Sri Lanki (their home country) to visit a "healer" (they were Buddhist, but I don't know which kind) in a last-ditch effort to avoid death from cancer. She came back without her tumor. Can I explain this? No, I can't.

Comment author: DSimon 29 September 2011 03:26:59PM 1 point [-]

How did you know that the tumor was eliminated? That is, was there a before-and-after x-ray clearly showing the difference?

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 30 September 2011 10:02:21AM 2 points [-]

How did you know that the tumor was eliminated? That is, was there a before-and-after x-ray clearly showing the difference?

I don't know it was eliminated. My only evidence is my friend's testimony, his track record of truth-telling, and the fact the his was an atheist (and, therefore, unlikely to make up mystical stories to promote his religion).

Comment author: DSimon 30 September 2011 09:10:20PM 0 points [-]

Then what I really want to know is: how did your friend know the tumor was eliminated?