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in article 396dd5c0_6@news.oanet.com, King & Associates Int'l at
kai@5pillars.com  whispered on  7/13/00 8:44 AM:
 
> Just as acupressure and acupunture have become widely accepted in North
> America (did I mention Reflexology??) so will magnetic technology because
> like the other unorthodox oriental methods, it works!!

Define 'works'. If you are in a roundabout way saying you are unaware of how
suggestible and easily mislead we humans are, I can understand why you think
a therapy that cannot possibly operate by the principles ascribed to it can
'work'.


http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/miscon.html

<quote>

Misconception #2: Personal experience is the best way to tell whether
something works. When you feel better after having used a product or
procedure, it is natural to give credit to whatever you have done. This can
be misleading, however, because most ailments resolve themselves and those
that don't can have variable symptoms. Even serious conditions can have
sufficient day-to-day variation to enable quack methods to gain large
followings. In addition, taking action often produces temporary relief of
symptoms (a placebo effect). For these reasons, controlled scientific
studies are usually necessary to establish whether health methods actually
work.

<end quote>


Further reading...

http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/quackvul.html

Since most people find proper diet and exercise a chore, they are eager for
magical cures.


> 
> So, put your money where your mouth is.  I challenge you to try it for
> yourself and open your mind to the possibility you could be mistaken, I
> guess you could be forgiven since you were brought up in a "close minded"
> society.


Reference any long term double-blind scientific study carried out by
competent professionals that backs up any claims made for so-called magnetic
therapy. The onus is on you to produce evidence for it's efficacy.

I have no intention of lining the pockest of snake-oil salesmen to find out
what I already suspect.


-- 

Deacon

"By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains
drop out." -- Richard Dawkins