Quote Originally Posted by Xei View Post
Please sincerely try to answer the question, I am trying to argue something.
The Wiki sections explain consensus opinion better than I could. I'm certainly not an expert. Can you make your argument based on what's posted there?

Quote Originally Posted by Xei View Post
If there was evidence for these things, science would test them and verify them. Just think about the profit there is to be made if these 'alternate therapies' were actually successful. Do you not understand how huge the drugs industry is?
Several disagreements. I think there is evidence, though it rarely conforms to modern science's requirements for repeatability and double-blind tests.

But surely science would test them if it could, however I believe the nature of mind-body interaction is too subtle and nebulous for current methods to get a handle on.

I disagree about the supposed profit potential. Acupuncture has shown great results in lots of illnesses, but there's hardly any billion dollar industry potential. Mediation as a stress-reliever shows promise in relieving society of things from heart disease to depression, but again there's no profit potential for a corporate health-provider industry. And the real argument, if everybody is healthy and happy, the mega health care industry collapses. Things have been written about the current world health organizations having a vested interest in keeping people sick and afraid. It's like car manufacturers making cars that only their shops can repair. They don't have any payback for making cars that last forever. It's said that light bulbs could be built for the same cost that do last effectively forever. But the companies would soon be out of business.