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in article 39708803_7@news.oanet.com, King & Associates Int'l at
kai@5pillars.com  whispered on  7/15/00 9:50 AM:

> Deacon:
> 
> 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'.
> 
> Whoops, you offer no facts whatsoever to back up your claim that "a therapy
> that cannot possibly operate by the principles ascribed to it can 'work'."



You are obviously unaquainted with the scientific process, or care not for
reading or research.

You are the one making the claim for the efficacy of magnetic therapies. You
must provide evidence that it works. Period. Testimonials are not evidence.

The simple fact of the matter is that the extrememly weak fields of common
magnets can not possibly have an effect on circulation or any other element
of human physiology. Magnetic fields strong enough to be of use in therapies
are hundreds of times more powerful than the fridge magnets in common use
with quack treatments. This is well established. You have to prove
otherwise.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Display&DB=PubMed

http://www.hcrc.org/contrib/ramey/magnet.html

http://www.hcrc.org/faqs/magnet.html



VVV

Deacon

When there is evidence, no one speaks of faith. We do not speak of faith
that two and two are four or that the earth is round. We only speak of faith
when we wish to substitute emotion for evidence.
--Bertrand Russell