Why bother responding to Anthony- he will simply argue the point
as if he's the world's knowledge expert on the subject. The fact
remains that he doesn't fly, never has, never will, and therefore
motion sickness from flight is a non-issue for him.

One can say, of course, there are times when someone ignorant of
the science has a sudden insight that can be a breakthrough, but as
my daddy taught me, that's not the way to place your bets. The
chances of that are much less likely than connecting when drawing
to an inside straight: maybe winning the lottery is a better
example.

The good news is, Mx makes his pontifications in a newsgroup where
there are both experts and facts available. His kind of pseudo
knowledge is more dangerous in soft science areas: for some reason
psychology comes to mind.

Well, be fair, even the best psychologists are only making it up as
they go along.
in addition, who better to comment on psych probs than someone who's
not only seen 'em all, but had 'em all as well.

Bertie

Sorry BtB, but we actually have modalities with proven results now,
and the side effects are less severe than the psychotropic meds that
had often been used.

So did the guys who used to drill holes in their heads to let the demons
out.
I'm not saying you guys don't do some good, but can you put your hand on
your heart and look into the future and tell me the people who inherit
your trade won't shudder at some of the stuff you do know? I know the
people flying whatever they will be flying in fifty years will!


It was said at a Med School graduation not that long ago that the
dean's closing remarks included something like "half of what we taught
you is wrong, but we don't know which half."

That may be the wrong fraction these days, but the idea is still
correct. We do evidence based medicine and results based modalities
these days. One size does not fit all. Even the best of the
psychotropic drugs have about a 30% chance of having the desired
results -- that's why one monitors the effects of these meds, makes
changes and tries others if he or she can.

It's a lot less certain than flying from here to there. One the other
hand, life expectancy in the last century improved on average a month
a year - 100 months longer now than a hundred years ago, so there has
been some improvement if one accepts life expectancy as a reasonable
metric. I think quality of life expectancy has gained even more, but
have no evidence to support that claim.

But you and others are more than welcome to choose your own path to
health. There are Mxes in the health professions. You are welcome to
them.

In terms of treatments, though, there are some here who present with a
constellation of symptoms that cry for an applied lobometry.

Applied with a hammer.


I concur.

Bertie