Have you been getting your Friday Dose of Woo from Orac? If not you should.

You might notice that I don't list the alties as part of the denialists, and many have suggested that I should. However, while I see many altie meds as woo, and the companies that sell it as little more than charlatans, I don't see a concerted attack on science coming from the altie med types.

If people can find the equivalent of the DI for altie meds, I'll track it, but I think for the most part people use alternative medicine to increase the feeling of control they have over their lives, and when they get sick, the go see the real doctor. And while the companies that sell this junk based on lies and made up facts and deprive people of good money are essentially crooks, I don't think you should lump swindlers in with denialists automatically. Exceptions abound, Abraham Cherrix would be an obvious example of someone who didn't see the real doctor when he should have, but I don't see the same campaign against reason from the alties that one sees from the global warming denialists, or ID proponents.

Do you?

Labels: altie meds, general discussion