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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

drm604

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3. Yeah. I'm sitting on the same fence.

Reply to LeftishBrit (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 1, 2016, 09:01 PM

Apr 2016

I understand and support the goal of protecting people from quacks, but I also don't feel right about stopping informed people who are dying from trying things that may actually help but haven't yet met legal standards.

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Just great, Maine now has the "right" to have peoples' wallets cleaned out by quacks. [View all] Archae Mar 2016 OP

. HuckleB Mar 2016 #1

While that could well be an unintended consequence and a danger... LeftishBrit Mar 2016 #2

Yeah. I'm sitting on the same fence. drm604 Apr 2016 #3