I guess the problem is that it's not sciencey enough to be regulated,
So idiots are given carte blanche to be idiots.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 16 Aug 2013, 10:19, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

That's a pretty succint way of putting it.
Also, its very nature of "working" means that there's no scientific way of proving it can or can't work, and there probably never will be. Unlike, say, homeopathy.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 16 Aug 2013, 10:24, Reply)

Even with bollocks like homeopathy, if you stretch your definition of 'working' to include 'not bothering your GP with your constant hypochondriac whining', then maybe it has some tiny worth.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 16 Aug 2013, 10:28, Reply)

That's an interesting point
there's a balance, obviously, because then when said whining hypo actually has something really wrong they may go to to the woo pedaller first, but that is an advantage I'd not thought of.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 16 Aug 2013, 10:33, Reply)