Medicare to pay for some acupuncture

[T'Chenka]

I mean, I'd rather pay for old people to get acupuncture than to pay rich people's taxes for them.

[T'Chenka]

Nice. I don’t know a lot about acupuncture specifically, but I’m inclined to think it’s reputable, as the ancients didn’t have the luxury of a professional scientific class, and thus couldn’t afford to believe in things that didn’t actually work.

are you really arguing that acupuncture probably works because there wasn't science 2000 years ago?

Sure. Why would people do the same thing for 2000 years unless it worked?

There's a circumcision or religion quip to be had here.

[T'Chenka]

Nice. I don’t know a lot about acupuncture specifically, but I’m inclined to think it’s reputable, as the ancients didn’t have the luxury of a professional scientific class, and thus couldn’t afford to believe in things that didn’t actually work.

are you really arguing that acupuncture probably works because there wasn't science 2000 years ago?

Sure. Why would people do the same thing for 2000 years unless it worked?

There's a circumcision or religion quip to be had here.

I thought that was the joke.

I read the post as being serious. Also, blue avatar. If not, mea culpa.

[T'Chenka]

Nice. I don’t know a lot about acupuncture specifically, but I’m inclined to think it’s reputable, as the ancients didn’t have the luxury of a professional scientific class, and thus couldn’t afford to believe in things that didn’t actually work.

are you really arguing that acupuncture probably works because there wasn't science 2000 years ago?

Sure. Why would people do the same thing for 2000 years unless it worked?

There's a circumcision or religion quip to be had here.

If those things get enough of a reaction out of you to cause you to make a joke, then they're still doing their job.

People worship deities and remove foreskin to own the libs?

[T'Chenka]

If a placebo is effective, why not support it?

"It's hippy dippy lib bulls__t." The optics are always more important to simpletons than the actual data.