Idea#1. Have you ever taken a medical anthropology course? western bio-medicine, almost by definition, is significantly different "old-world medicine". In fact there's a movement in the medical field to try and revert to more natural methods of healing. Paired directly with the rampant scientific research by pharm. companies to release new wonder drugs, only to pocket old peoples' pensions.
Idea#2. You're not suggesting that there's not a gaping hole in the ozone. Or that the polar ice caps are not melting, and polar bears aren't drowning in the middle of the arctic ocean..... are you?
On #1, thanks. I have not as of yet done any research in this field, and i am that stage where I am quite unsure of where to start. This is a great basis.
#2, the only thing I am suggesting as of now is that I am quite cynical when it comes to enviromentalism. My purpose of doing this piece would be to research wether or not the ozone hole is actually a bad thing, or if deforestation is really as big an issue as we are lead to believe. When I look at most enviromentalists, I see scare tactics and emotionalism. Unfortunately for them, I think critically and scientifically more than theologically or philisophically.
As of yet I have no judgement on either issue, but i definately will after I do my research.
And my next essay wil have something to do with bad spelling in north american society. :)
Of course there is going to be emotionalism in what they have to say, and you see this because, at least I'm getting the impression that, you don't really care all that much about any of it. You fail to recognize that there IS scientific data for ALL of this. It does matter.
On number 1, raginmage has a very valid point. People are trying to go back to more natural methods of healing because people are becoming more and more aware of the harm that can be caused by unnatural methods. (it can be caused by natural as well, but less significant, really). Ethics in medicine has changed SUBSTANTIALLY in even the last 10 years, and people are beoming more conscious of the "harm to participants" in the code for researchers.
I left a post on my journal, it's rather incoherent because I'm drinking at the moment. But yes, the previous post had some very valid points. As I mentioned in my post, as well, I wouldn't suggest writing on these topics, especially number 1, unless you plan on doing an ASS LOAD of research so that you can fully understand
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#1. There's a very specific element of exoticism which makes people disillusioned with modern western life look for meaning elsewhere. You can find this almost anywhere, but medicine is not a bad example. What I would suggest is toy with the thought that what when people start talking about "exotic" cultures and remedies, they're creating a space for them which serves mostly to give greater legitimacy to the status quo. Furthermore, we can take something like an idea or product from a third country/previous era but we'll inevitably start using it and adapting it to a more familiar/western concept
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Idea#2. You're not suggesting that there's not a gaping hole in the ozone. Or that the polar ice caps are not melting, and polar bears aren't drowning in the middle of the arctic ocean..... are you?
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On #1, thanks. I have not as of yet done any research in this field, and i am that stage where I am quite unsure of where to start. This is a great basis.
#2, the only thing I am suggesting as of now is that I am quite cynical when it comes to enviromentalism. My purpose of doing this piece would be to research wether or not the ozone hole is actually a bad thing, or if deforestation is really as big an issue as we are lead to believe. When I look at most enviromentalists, I see scare tactics and emotionalism. Unfortunately for them, I think critically and scientifically more than theologically or philisophically.
As of yet I have no judgement on either issue, but i definately will after I do my research.
And my next essay wil have something to do with bad spelling in north american society. :)
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On number 1, raginmage has a very valid point. People are trying to go back to more natural methods of healing because people are becoming more and more aware of the harm that can be caused by unnatural methods. (it can be caused by natural as well, but less significant, really). Ethics in medicine has changed SUBSTANTIALLY in even the last 10 years, and people are beoming more conscious of the "harm to participants" in the code for researchers.
I left a post on my journal, it's rather incoherent because I'm drinking at the moment. But yes, the previous post had some very valid points. As I mentioned in my post, as well, I wouldn't suggest writing on these topics, especially number 1, unless you plan on doing an ASS LOAD of research so that you can fully understand ( ... )
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