Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Acupuncture on the NHS | |
Posted by: | Larry Stamford | |
Date/Time: | 20/10/15 17:16:00 |
I have no doubt at all that the placebo effect plays a huge role in any sort of treatment. I'm not sure we can properly devise a means by which to measure the effects or be able to say, most importantly, why it works, but it seems that it does. Any form of experiment and the results that follow often fail to take into account the role of the observer. I find it difficult to see that we could, as humans having a subjective experience, ever measure anything truly objectively. Quantum physics points this fact out. That the role of the observer plays a huge role in the observation. This is not accounted for with Newtonian physics and is just one of the areas in which the two sciences collide. On top of this, many experiments are carried out with funding that has been provided in order to prove or disprove something. Therefor the need to fulfill that conclusion is paramount given the possibility of funding being withdrawn. |