Posts Tagged ‘Alternative medicine’

Superstition is one of most fundamental part of human societies. Although we have overcome a lot of them, nevertheless new ones arise or old ones put on new masks. Superstitions of 21st century use remarkably scientifically sounding words like energy, vibration, vibrational information and so on. This makes even the worst of them sound intellectual and make their proponents look highly intelligent. It is okay if someone wants to believe in them. But it is surely not morally right to persuade people, specially those suffering to take remedies that has no medical value. I’m not sure whether there’s any statistical survey about how many people die each year because they didn’t want to put any “chemicals” into their mouth. Or how many children die because their parents “believe” in homeopathy.  How many innocents should die more?