I perceive you as attacking me for having said position, but I am the wrong target.
I know homeopathy is BS, and I don’t use it or advocate it.
What I do understand is doctors who offer it for some reason or another, for the reasons listed above. What you claim as a result is sadly already happening. I have had people getting angry at me for clearly stating my view, and the reasons for it, on homeopathy. (I didn’t say BS, but one of the ppl. was a programmer, if that counts for something.)
Many folks do go to alternative treatments, and forgo doctors as long as possible. People have a weak opinion on the ‘school medicine’ (german term translation for the official medical knowledge and practice.) criticize it—sometimes justified. And use all kind of hyper-skeptical reasoning, that they do not apply to their current favorite. That is bad. And hopefully goes away.
Many still go the double route you listed.
And well, then we have the anti-vaccination front growing. It is bad, and sad, and useless stupidity.
Lets get angry together, and see what can be done about it.
Personal story: i did a lecture on skeptic thinking.
try i dumped everything i knew, and noticed how dealing with the H-topic tends to close people up.
try i cut out a lot, and left the H topic out. still didn’t work
I have no idea what I can do about it, and am basically resigning.
Sorry about your experience.
I perceive you as attacking me for having said position, but I am the wrong target. I know homeopathy is BS, and I don’t use it or advocate it. What I do understand is doctors who offer it for some reason or another, for the reasons listed above. What you claim as a result is sadly already happening. I have had people getting angry at me for clearly stating my view, and the reasons for it, on homeopathy. (I didn’t say BS, but one of the ppl. was a programmer, if that counts for something.) Many folks do go to alternative treatments, and forgo doctors as long as possible. People have a weak opinion on the ‘school medicine’ (german term translation for the official medical knowledge and practice.) criticize it—sometimes justified. And use all kind of hyper-skeptical reasoning, that they do not apply to their current favorite. That is bad. And hopefully goes away. Many still go the double route you listed. And well, then we have the anti-vaccination front growing. It is bad, and sad, and useless stupidity. Lets get angry together, and see what can be done about it.
Personal story: i did a lecture on skeptic thinking.
try i dumped everything i knew, and noticed how dealing with the H-topic tends to close people up.
try i cut out a lot, and left the H topic out. still didn’t work
I have no idea what I can do about it, and am basically resigning.
I didn’t intend to attack you. Sorry I came across that way.