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  • Ignotum@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The issue is that alternative forms of medicine are most often studied scientifically and either found to work (upgraded to medicine) but more often than not it is found to have no greater effect than placebo or random chance, but these alternatives continue to be practiced, meaning people end up getting ineffective care, and their money is funneled into an industry incentivised to discredit and spread distrust towards real proven medicine

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      2 days ago

      Agreed,

      I was positing the possibility of a move from “alternative” to “scientifically recognised”, not that it was likely to happen.