Here's a challenge to all our members.
1. Do you think you have been scammed by a health related website/company?
2. Do you have any suggestions on what to do if you feel you have been scammed or ripped off?
3. In general, is critical thinking, logic and reason a big part of your life?
Thanks! You, the members of KickAs, are helping to make this disease a part of the past. Seriously, so thank you!
Timo
1. No - not possible! (see 3. below)
2.It wouldn't happen to me, but I would be helping others to see through a scam if I thought they were likely to be parted from their hard-earned $$$...
3. I teach critical thinking and clinical reasoning as part of my job - pretty much everything I do at work has to be backed up by logic and 'best practice'research, wherever possible.
However, there is nothing like 30 years clinical experience when research is not available!
Like Wendy, I have had a few well-meaning folks / casual acquaintances try to offer *free medical advice* (but without the university qualification to back it up....)or convince me to try some Miracle Cure. I usually thank them for their concern and let them know I will ask for their help should I hit a brick wall.
I have a bottle of pomegranate and goji berry juice sitting in my cupboard - an acquaintance from my art group gave it to me because I said I was 'always tired'. She told me she had been taking it (pyramid selling) since 2007 and "never felt tired"...... Do you think it could be because she is a stay-at-home wife without an autoimmune disease whose kids have left home?? It's hard for some to apply logic, I think.
As we are all aware - Common sense aint that common!
BTW - re: Trivedi Foundation posts - I thought they were just misplaced from the "Jokes" area of the forum - I know Snowy will miss those posts....
