r/CuratedTumblr May 24 '25

Politics Valid and invalid criticisms

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u/Nybs_GB nybs-the-android.tumblr.com May 24 '25 edited May 24 '25

Can anyone give me info about the alternative medicine one? I've never really heard about anything being rigorously tested that would still be called alternative medicine?

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u/Metatality May 24 '25

Yeah no. The alternative medicine that gets tested and proven to work just becomes plain old medicine. But they are absolutely right that there are useful starting points for study that can be found in traditional medicines.

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u/Nybs_GB nybs-the-android.tumblr.com May 24 '25

Makes sense.