tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4395124187190582077..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: LieAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-85035008805387656802012-08-13T12:50:52.731-04:002012-08-13T12:50:52.731-04:00@DCE, I think Socrates' last drink was all-nat...@DCE, I think Socrates' last drink was all-natural hemlock.<br /><br />@AVI, I like the comparison between economic controls and food/medicine controls by governments.<br /><br />This looks like rationalization, not reason. Sadly, rationalization is not limited to a particular social or political group.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-27285127982252342142012-08-12T23:38:20.569-04:002012-08-12T23:38:20.569-04:00Cow poop in the ponds and rivers is natural, too. ...Cow poop in the ponds and rivers is natural, too. Sam L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44347752959001389262012-08-12T15:50:31.693-04:002012-08-12T15:50:31.693-04:00DCE beat me to it!DCE beat me to it!Sam L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44618560665743224062012-08-12T09:27:49.047-04:002012-08-12T09:27:49.047-04:00I have some friends who are in the "we only c...I have some friends who are in the "we only consume all natural foods and substances" church. I have to remind them that things like arsenic are all natural (it shows up in well water) but that I sure as heck have no intention of partaking of any.DCEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07473492838008371044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1046532985260920292012-08-11T23:39:07.712-04:002012-08-11T23:39:07.712-04:00I regularly deal with people who seem to view anyt...I regularly deal with people who seem to view anything approved by the FDA as suspect -- a product of Big Pharma conspiracy to suppress "natural" remedies. <br /><br />When I mention that their are no reliable studies that show the effectiveness of these remedies I get looks - like moon man looks. Then some kind of non-sequitur or logical fallacy will follow. Touchy area this because in cases of real illness the stakes are high. <br /><br />Appeals to Homeopathy is my favorite teeth grinder. I had a conversation once with a friend who is completing a 10 year course to become a homeopathic healer. I came out and asked her about trials and studies. Turns out that homeopathy by nature is impossible to study with blind or controlled trials. Each case is too individual to allow for control of variables. Hmmmm. Convenient for them.Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-38555185757705659392012-08-11T22:14:09.677-04:002012-08-11T22:14:09.677-04:00I never thought of that.I never thought of that.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-57611910073944151352012-08-11T22:04:28.770-04:002012-08-11T22:04:28.770-04:00One of my wife's cousins works as a "flav...One of my wife's cousins works as a "flavor engineer" creating new flavors. Any new artificial flavoring has to be proven safe in a number of different ways, but naturally occurring ones do not. He claimed he'd rather eat the artificial ones, because some of the "natural" flavors failed the toxicity/carcinogenicity tests--they just weren't required to pass them because they were natural. Lemons?jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com