sdyer@bbncc5.UUCP (Steve Dyer) (07/30/85)
> They can stop condoning bad habits by saying that there is no problem just > because they haven't been able to prove to their satisfaction any exist. > This is important when many intelligent people think problems exist. The old argument from authority raises its ugly head after 2500 years, though one might argue about Mr. Stanions' definition of "many" and "intelligent." It's important to remember that nutrition and biochemistry are NOT social sciences, where a diversity of opinion about basic mechanisms is an accepted fact of life and there is no wrong or right. Nutrition, biochemistry and yes, even medicine, are all grounded in scientific materialism, just like physics and chemistry, and they all follow the same rules: just because 50,000 holistic health practitioners say that something is harmful, in the absence of scientific evidence, there is no reason to accept it as fact. And, you see, there is no prejudice here: the wonderful thing about science is that the same rigor is demanded of everyone. -- /Steve Dyer {decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbnccv.ARPA