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14 Post author: Snorri 06 November 2014 10:28PM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 09 November 2014 11:15:20PM 2 points [-]

Your arguments against doing science in this case seem fully general to me. They could be used by anyone promoting their brand of alternative medicine no matter how bizarre their claims would be.

And indeed it turns out they are: this is a pretty standard part of the alternative medicine anti-rationalist toolkit.