Alison Meyer
@awithonelison.bsky.social
Science fan, anti-vax disliker. ADHD since 1960. Happily retired in Spain. She/her.
"Detailed analysis" is doing some really heavy lifting here.
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Detailed analysis" is doing some really heavy lifting here.
I don't know if Wayne Jonas addresses that in the book she recommended, and I won't find out - but it wouldn't surprise me.
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I don't know if Wayne Jonas addresses that in the book she recommended, and I won't find out - but it wouldn't surprise me.
Now I'll never know whether it was homeopathy, prayer, or magnets that healed her!
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Now I'll never know whether it was homeopathy, prayer, or magnets that healed her!
Not going to support your claims, you mean.
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Not going to support your claims, you mean.
Since you mentioned this book, BTW, you could always focus on homeopathy, prayer, and magnets to narrow down the "alternative treatments that worked."
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Since you mentioned this book, BTW, you could always focus on homeopathy, prayer, and magnets to narrow down the "alternative treatments that worked."
Just did. It's even worse than I thought.
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just did. It's even worse than I thought.
You don't empower yourself by wasting time, money,and effort on disproven quackery.
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
You don't empower yourself by wasting time, money,and effort on disproven quackery.
He's a grifter. He's selling prayer and homeopathy and magnets.
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
He's a grifter. He's selling prayer and homeopathy and magnets.
What you were doing was avoiding answering a question by deflecting.
November 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What you were doing was avoiding answering a question by deflecting.
Well, how else am I supposed to read it? And why should I have to when I asked you to provide a *single* example that supported your claim?
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Well, how else am I supposed to read it? And why should I have to when I asked you to provide a *single* example that supported your claim?
Oh, and my curiosity is the reason I know you'll be unable to back your claims. I've read a *lot* about science and medicine.
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Oh, and my curiosity is the reason I know you'll be unable to back your claims. I've read a *lot* about science and medicine.
You were. I asked you a very clear question that you could have answered succinctly, yet instead you directed me to buy a book and read the whole thing. (The libraries here in Spain won't have it, and it's still not my responsibility to look for *your* evidence.)
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You were. I asked you a very clear question that you could have answered succinctly, yet instead you directed me to buy a book and read the whole thing. (The libraries here in Spain won't have it, and it's still not my responsibility to look for *your* evidence.)
Im not going to buy it, sorry.
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Im not going to buy it, sorry.
If you're not willing to provide evidence to back up your claims, you shouldn't make claims. It's your responsibility to prove that you're right, not that of the person hearing the claim. It's called "burden of proof."
November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If you're not willing to provide evidence to back up your claims, you shouldn't make claims. It's your responsibility to prove that you're right, not that of the person hearing the claim. It's called "burden of proof."
The plural of anecdote in *not* data.
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The plural of anecdote in *not* data.
Because it's not the scientific proof I asked you for. It *is* proof, however, that you can't answer the question, but I already knew that, because there's no such thing.
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Because it's not the scientific proof I asked you for. It *is* proof, however, that you can't answer the question, but I already knew that, because there's no such thing.
Really? Name one thing that was sold as a treatment without evidence that was later proven by science to work.
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Really? Name one thing that was sold as a treatment without evidence that was later proven by science to work.
That is an extremely poor argument for advocating treatments that show no evidence for efficacy.
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
That is an extremely poor argument for advocating treatments that show no evidence for efficacy.