Reply #12: Good observation [View All]

[TZ]

I hadn't actually realized that but you are right on the money. There is certainly a double standard. I see medical doctors routinely bashed for making mistakes (who doesn't) and being human and not knowing everything and if even ONE doctor is proven to be a fraud, thats proof of the flawed industry. But if you post about the dangers of say...chelation therapy being used to "cure" autistics and point out the lethal potential of it, the excuse is "well THAT person just doesn't know how to do it!"
That pretty much sums up mr "I HAVE THOUSANDS OF STUDIES" arguments very well actually.
And yet, the other argument made when you point this out is the accusation that scientists are arrogant and know-it-alls when its actually the WOOS that behave that way--classic psychological projection.
Woo arguments can be a VERY interesting study in psychology.