Meaning the money wasted and the harm done. If the money had been used to apply the scientific method of inquiry to the various "cures," that would be useful.

Instead, what came out is bullshit.

HuckleB

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6. Got it.

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HuckleB

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3. Meaning?

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Silent3

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5. Of course the libertarians would probably only want to stop government-funded research...

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...into alt-med. None of that crazy regulating or banning of dangerous pseudo-scientific practices. You know, let the market sort that stuff out.

HuckleB

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7. That's possible. even probable. Still, nonetheless.

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LeftishBrit

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8. Not all do; Ron Paul-worshipping right-libertarians tend to be the mainstay of the anti-modern-

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medicine brigade. See the comments on healthcare by Mercola, Mike Adams, or many others.

There are some right-libertarians who think that Feds shouldn't be funding anything at all; and there are some who are genuinely pro-science, as in any group.

I don't think that the majority of progressives favour alt-med as a substitute for modern medicine. Those who do have this view tend to express themselves strongly about it.

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