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Rickety Woo [View all] H2O Man Jan 2014 OP
recommended. spanone Jan 2014 #1
Thanks H2O Man livetohike Jan 2014 #2
Thanks from me too, 2naSalit Jan 2014 #3
Bravo! And thank you. truebluegreen Jan 2014 #4
Excellent post malaise Jan 2014 #5
Thank you. Ms. Toad Jan 2014 #6
Just to relate something similar. zeemike Jan 2014 #7
Sounds like Lorenzo's Oil ryan_cats Jan 2014 #10
Yes that sounds like it. zeemike Jan 2014 #13
Was it Jim Abrahams? Michigan-Arizona Jan 2014 #22
That sounds like it. zeemike Jan 2014 #29
You are very welcome! Michigan-Arizona Jan 2014 #31
In other countries, there is actual honest scientific research nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #8
as a scientist, I can offer a different perspective.... mike_c Jan 2014 #26
Alas this is what I am talking about nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #27
Valid points. H2O Man Jan 2014 #33
in my discipline we make a strong distinction between science and natural history... mike_c Jan 2014 #34
+1 to this post and your post before this one hueymahl Jan 2014 #50
As someone who has been jumping through hoops to get IdaBriggs Jan 2014 #57
You realize... CSStrowbridge Jan 2014 #54
I know how research is done nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #59
WooHoo! MyNameGoesHere Jan 2014 #9
I was just scared that "woo me with sciene" had been banned from DU MisterP Jan 2014 #30
+1000 G_j Jan 2014 #11
One would think that it would be redundant to tell the "politically liberal" posters in DU to rhett o rick Jan 2014 #12
It's fine to have an open mind... ConservativeDemocrat Jan 2014 #18
The problem I see is that a small group has decided that they can make the decision rhett o rick Jan 2014 #25
+1 a whole bunch.......nt Enthusiast Jan 2014 #36
+10 RC Jan 2014 #19
An open mind is not "woo". Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #14
Recommend nt Zorra Jan 2014 #15
I'm sure the PTBs thought Galileo and Copernicus were "woo," too. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #16
Excellent point, Blue. Enthusiast Jan 2014 #37
No, TPTB were the ones peddling the woo. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #40
Is it not the case that the more we learn... 3catwoman3 Jan 2014 #63
Yes, that's the way I see it. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #65
Everything science now knows...... DeSwiss Jan 2014 #17
Absolutely. An open mind cures many aches and pains. JDPriestly Jan 2014 #20
Well Reasoned(nt) fascisthunter Jan 2014 #21
Sorry, H20 Man, but your friends story makes no sense intaglio Jan 2014 #23
But it was a natural solution from morally superior indigent people! hueymahl Jan 2014 #51
Perhaps the OP meant "scurvy", not rickets. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #60
As I pointed out in my post vitamin C becomes unstable in water intaglio Jan 2014 #61
As I pointed out, it was not necessarily boiled, and minimal amounts can survive to cure scurvy. nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #62
No, it is the solution on water that renders vitamin C unstable intaglio Jan 2014 #64
I did read, which is why I responded the way I did. Where is the OP? Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #66
OP = Original Post, the post that started this discussion intaglio Jan 2014 #67
OP = Original Poster. If you read my post that would have been clear to you. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #68
And I told you where it was intaglio Jan 2014 #69
you've also described the scientific method at work.... mike_c Jan 2014 #24
To Clay Pots and All the wonderful Plants on The Earth, H2O.. Cha Jan 2014 #28
I totally agree. Uncle Joe Jan 2014 #32
Thank you tavalon Jan 2014 #35
Having an open mind has not a DAMN THING to do with whether something is 'woo'. AtheistCrusader Jan 2014 #38
+10000000 NuclearDem Jan 2014 #41
As I said else where..... BrainDrain Jan 2014 #39
No, just the opposite. NuclearDem Jan 2014 #42
Rec'd panader0 Jan 2014 #43
Some woo turns out to be good medicine. Nitram Jan 2014 #44
indeed. I find the current "woo" war, frustrating. why does everything have cali Jan 2014 #45
rec. 840high Jan 2014 #46
Thank you, H2O Man! Octafish Jan 2014 #47
There's nothing about that story that was unscientific. Various variables were considered and geek tragedy Jan 2014 #48
Drug companies scour the world for local remedies, Progressive dog Jan 2014 #49
Best OP title ever. Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #52
no one is against discovery La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2014 #53
I think you meant scurvy... not rickets... gcomeau Jan 2014 #55
What the hell is this 'woo' shit? blackspade Jan 2014 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author enki23 Jan 2014 #58
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