Comments on: On the Shoulders of Giants http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/bausell/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Barbara Hurley http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/bausell/comment-page-1/#comment-148737 Barbara Hurley Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:32:29 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/bausell/#comment-148737 Snake Oil Science is a much-needed antidote to the human propensity to cling to weird, unproven "medicine", especially when more scientific treatments are unable to address their problems. The book should be required reading by every reporter covering science and medicine for the public! Snake Oil Science is a much-needed antidote to the human propensity to cling to weird, unproven “medicine”, especially when more scientific treatments are unable to address their problems. The book should be required reading by every reporter covering science and medicine for the public!

]]> By: Michael Killian http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/bausell/comment-page-1/#comment-147926 Michael Killian Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:41:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/bausell/#comment-147926 Thank you for writing this book; you don't have to be right to make a great contribution to an ongoing dialogue called life. I haven't finished reading yet and am very curious for your view on the morals of using placebo in medical practice, whether or not it's just "the brain’s propensity to release endogenous opioids". Thank you for writing this book; you don’t have to be right to make a great contribution to an ongoing dialogue called life.

I haven’t finished reading yet and am very curious for your view on the morals of using placebo in medical practice, whether or not it’s just “the brain’s propensity to release endogenous opioids”.

]]> By: Charles Sullivan http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/bausell/comment-page-1/#comment-134520 Charles Sullivan Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:28:44 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/bausell/#comment-134520 An excellent book so far, Professor Bausell. I'm about 3/4 of the way through. You provide thorough and precise explanations. Thanks for your hard work. An excellent book so far, Professor Bausell. I’m about 3/4 of the way through. You provide thorough and precise explanations. Thanks for your hard work.

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