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To: spiral3 who wrote (142295)	8/2/2004 8:43:20 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

If my doctor recommends meditation to relieve high blood pressure, it is because it has been studied and verified as an effective method of treatment. The procedures with which medical science advances are more rigorous than anecdotal evidence of efficacy. In other words, I am merely saying that the Buddha was not engaged in science, which does not preclude the possibility of his path being truthful and/or beneficial, either wholly or in parts.

To: spiral3 who wrote (142295)	8/2/2004 1:32:27 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

You are confusing result with process. Ancient medical systems, such as Chinese acupunture, have achieved some good results. But they did it through non-systematic observation over centuries of hit-or-miss. Modern medicine had advanced far more rapidly and with more daring because it has a method, which is the scientific method, to PROVE whether some idea is actually valid or not, and to prove it quickly, in a few months or years, not centuries. Once the idea has been shown to be scientifically proved, other doctors will accept it and build on it. Without a process that leads to accepted proof, it can take centuries for advances to spread, if ever.