Hugh Reilly wrote:

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From: James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Waaaay offtopic Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:23:29 -0500

Hugh Reilly wrote:

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Has anyone out there heard of the "zapper", invented by Saskatchewan naturopathic doctor and celll biologist Hulda Clark? She claims that disease-causing bacteria and viruses in the body can be killed by low-level radio frequencies. The zapper delivers that frequency to the body, and has been claimed by some to actually cure AIDS.

If that's all it takes, we're all going to be fine. We're constantly bathed in RF from many sources. The above claim, indicates she's a fraud.

No it doesn't. The science behind it is, of course, more complex than you could have known from my post. What I find interesting is that that didn't stop you from jumping to conclusions.

Real medicine requires trials to show effectiveness and risks of a medicine or treatment. By examining the results of a study with several participants, the effects can be analyzed. Taking a single case will not prove much, as you cannot say whether what you did or if the results could be attributed to something else.

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I have been experimenting myself with the device, having built several over the past couple of years. And I have to say, with very positive results. And I am NOT getting a flu shot!

How do you know you've had positive results? Did you run a full study, with several participant, including a control group? If not, all you've got is a delusion. I could claim that eating pizza & beer prevents disease. After all, I've had lots of both and rarely get sick (only one sick day in 21 years, with one employer).

I don't need to employ the scientific method to prove something to myself. Neither do you, unless you don't trust yourself. If pizza and beer works for you, who am I to argue?

Well, what's that saying about he who refuses to see? If you don't have a carefully controlled study, what have you got? So you didn't get the flu. Would you have gotten it if you hadn't zapped yourself? There's absolutely no way to tell. Now if you get 2 large groups of people, one experiment, one control, you can then compare how the 2 groups responded. If there's no significant difference, your treament had no effect. If one group is measurably better (or worse), then you have some idea as to the effectiveness of your treatment. Anything else is at best a delusion or worst a deadly fraud. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml