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A review by whatmayarisreading
Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine by Paul A. Offit
4.0
Good stuff!
Critical thinking is a myth. Nothing is true (So everything is permitted. Ha!). We either believe or we don't. Medicine, like anything else, is subjective. Hard science isn't so hard, after all, eugenics can make a quack out of you. It was science. Lobotomy, too, was a science that medical people supported.
I guess the "It Could Be Placebo" Approach to the whole thing will make us sleep better at night. I still felt the angry tone of the book. I think the author did his best to be objective but you could tell how he really felt.
I really enjoy Offit's work.
Critical thinking is a myth. Nothing is true (So everything is permitted. Ha!). We either believe or we don't. Medicine, like anything else, is subjective. Hard science isn't so hard, after all, eugenics can make a quack out of you. It was science. Lobotomy, too, was a science that medical people supported.
I guess the "It Could Be Placebo" Approach to the whole thing will make us sleep better at night. I still felt the angry tone of the book. I think the author did his best to be objective but you could tell how he really felt.
I really enjoy Offit's work.