Bi-cameral brains in depth

[Michel]

If it weren't for quoting "as above, so below" in paper below (as in 
Aganst the Day)  I wouldn't have sent this but this is an interesting 
paper from the (American) Centre for Scientific Inquiry.

http://www.csicop.org/uploads/files/Acupuncture_Paper.pdf

To save you reading 30-odd pages: if acapuncture works, good for you, 
but there's no scientific evidence other than maybe a kind of placebo.

Quote:
"The belief in a ‘cosmological correspondence between the houses of the 
Chinese zodiac and the chinglo channels’ seems to be based on the 
doctrine of ‘as above, so below ’, which stipulated that everything in 
the heavens has its counterpart on earth and also in man. The doctrine 
is explicitly stated in the Yellow Emperor's Canon of Medicine as 
‘Heaven is covered with constellations, Earth with waterways, and man 
with channels.’ (Kavoussi, Ben, Focus on
Alternative and Complementary Therapies Web site)".

Quote:
Even in China, acupuncture’s status has traditionally been marked by 
ambiguity. Though it is often presented as utterly central to Chinese 
culture, for much of Chinese history acupuncture was discouraged by the 
ruling class. Within China, acupuncture has generally been dismissed as 
a folk medicine, largely practiced by and for the rural poor. Perhaps 
because of its practice as folk medicine, the teaching of acupuncture in 
Chinese medical schools was actually
discouraged—and in1822 the teaching of acupuncture at China’s leading 
medical school was banned outright by the imperial authorities.

While good ol'malignd can be pretty rough, I'd give him credit for 
defending science. Also, he once posted that Kurt Vonnegut wrote several 
masterpieces (if my old memory serves me well).

Michel.




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