Re: Snake Oil

[Zach Wolff <zachary_wolff@YAHOO.COM>]

I take some objection to the mention of acupuncture
with a list of snake oil remedies.  I believe the NIH,
along with other prestigious traditional medicine
authorities, has commented that acupuncture does have
therapeutic value.

Zach Wolff

--- "Alan J. Scott" <scotta@UWSTOUT.EDU> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> But if "junk science" is popular with the student
> body, why not make it a
> degree program?  The University of Minnesota*
> started offering a minor
> degree program in "alternative medicine" which
> includes acupuncture,
> massage and spiritual healing, theraputic touch, and
> naturopathy.
>
> [*J.Y. Borger, "U offering minor degree in
> alternative medicine," Saint
> Paul Pioneer Press, June 5, 1999 (p. 4D)]
>
> Of course, I don't really endorse such a policy.
> But I do want to
> underline the difficulty in trying to remove junk
> science from its
> prevalence in society.
>
> You may find an article that I've recently written
> on this subject
> interesting.  It was published in the APS Forum on
> Education with the title
> "Science Curriculum Goals at Odds with Academia
> Supported Pseudoscience."
> The full version of the article can be found at
http://physics.uwstout.edu/staff/scott/astrology.htm.
> Regards, Alan Scott
>
> Alan J. Scott
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> Department of Physics
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