02/06/2008

Advice for the Bruno Gröning-Freundeskreis

If you write up a leaflet about your, um, rather unusual views on medicine, keep in mind that it will not convince skeptics if you call your views "scientifically proven". But calling them "scientifically provable" is even worse.

4 comments:

Political Scientist said...

Who is he? I could find any english links to him?

Political Scientist said...

"could"-> "couldn't".

One day I shall learn to type...

LemmusLemmus said...

Oops,

my mistake. It's Bruno Gröning. Thanks for alerting me to the mistake; to be corrected. Apparently I've read too much German history.

Political Scientist said...

from Wikipedia:
"Some people called him "Messiah", the others supposed him to be a charlatan."

I fear he is not the Messiah, but a very naughty boy.