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dspillett an hour ago

A significant part of science is plucking the true bits from common sense. A fair chunk of what we call medicine is folk remedies that stood up to rigorous testing.

teamonkey an hour ago | parent [-]

Yes, but the testing bit is what makes it a scientifically-proven method and not a folk remedy.

There are also a lot of folk remedies that have been disproven as medicine. They too were ‘common sense.’

ToucanLoucan 13 minutes ago | parent [-]

> There are also a lot of folk remedies that have been disproven as medicine. They too were ‘common sense.’

"You know what they call alternative medicine that works? Medicine." - Tim Minchin