ChristianKl comments on Nature publishes an article about alternative therapy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 19 October 2015 08:40:42PM 0 points [-]

Sorry, I forgot to reference. The quotes are from Wikipedia.

Also, qi = ki.

Comment author: ChristianKl 19 October 2015 10:36:55PM 1 point [-]

Chinese medicine makes a bunch of statements such as that chi flows through meridians. If one is actually intersted in scientific criticism it's useful to directly address an individual practice like Reiki and not meddle it up with other practices that contain a bunch of different assumptions.

Comment author: V_V 21 October 2015 11:42:02PM -1 points [-]

Catholicism makes a bunch of statements such that the bread and the wine used in the Eucharist literally become the body and blood of Jesus. If one is actually intersted in scientific criticism it's useful to directly address an individual practice like Anglicanism and not meddle it up with other practices that contain a bunch of different assumptions. /s