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Old 05-21-2008, 05:35 AM
David Bailey David Bailey is online now
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Originally Posted by Chris Noble View Post
You seem to be skirting around the issue of how it is possible to test something.
Well I am not skirting round it - there is a real problem here, but just because something is difficult to test for, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist!

The gold standard for conventional medical research is the double blind trial, but not everything is, or can be tested on that basis. Think, for example about the relationship between exercise and health. We accept that relationship as real, but it is obviously impossible to test it by double-blind means!!

David
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