Skeptic Project

My sister told me today that my 28 year old niece has a cancerous brain tumor (a low-grade glioma) and that she will be having surgery & chemo & radiation so I sent her the link to this movie and this is what she wrote back to me:

"Jayme - I appreciate the sentiment but I'm not going to watch any videos or read any articles about how horrible standard cancer treatments are. I understand that the medications used for chemotherapy are toxic and that radiation is, you know, radioactive. I have faith in Katie's ability to research the options and make her own decisions. Thanks but no thanks.
Love, Laurie"

It really amazes me how closed minded people can be. I also sent it to my niece so maybe she will watch it so she knows there are alternatives.

http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=231&id=342998&Itemid=100114&lang=en#345611

So this is what my sister said when I wrote back to urged her to be more open minded & watch the movie. LOL

"OK, now you have pissed me off. I am not closed minded. I watched the first several minutes and quit when I got to the part where the man is describing the horrible death of his child. What the fuck Jayme, you really think that's helpful? Katie doesn't even have a complete diagnosis yet and you have presumed the worst. I am trying to remain optimistic. I do not need any information about charlatans who make money by tricking gravely ill people into buying unproven treatments. The man is a quack who consistently misrepresents his qualifications. A cursory search of the web brings up plenty of information that disproves his bullshit theories. I DON'T NEED THIS KIND OF "HELP" AND NEITHER DOES KATIE. Fuck off and keep your god damned links to yourself."

http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=231&id=342998&Itemid=100114&lang=en#345724

I liked the "LOL" part, Zeitards are truly socially retarded.

Clinical proof shminical proof, who needs that when there's a video on the Internet?

I try to stay fairly open-minded about these things, but the guy got sued several times* for selling non-approved medication (and also fraud) and his trials haven't been updated in over a year.

He simply can't know the validity of his treatment without conclusive phase II² trials, so promoting it at this point is just not okay, especially not as an "alternative".

*http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/27/27.F3d.153.93-2071.html#fn2<br /> ²Phase I has been completed, but that simply means that the drug isn't toxic or otherwise harmful in its used dosage.

Its a chick actually, goes by jamisonsmall. She's the Arizona chapter coordinator, not that the title really means anything.

Another fine example of just how much TZM really cares about science.

SCIENCE IS NOT THE MOVEMENT

^and how come this has failed to get into medical journals? Hmmm...

Oh wait, no it's because of the big conspiracy to suppress a cure for cancer. Can't have anything to do with the fact that it doesn't work. But what mechanism could this POSSIBLY work?

Also, can't take into account that differences cancers...are...well...different.

I wish Alexa and Worfbird would make out.

Dr. B has had something like four or five grand juries against him but only one indictment. Coincidently it was at the same time as his "drugs" were undergoing FDA trials so was he. I don't think he got convicted though. He has got quite the following, former patients come out and picket and testify on his behalf. So either he is a really good shyster or there is something to it. The efficacy of the treatment was overplayed, he made it sound like he cured inoperable brain cancer nearly 100% of the time but when you look at the actual results of some of the trials it is more like 30%. Impressive if it is true but not a miracle treatment.

Amazing that anyone would believe such a convoluted mess.

I'm waiting for the answer.

The efficacy of the treatment was overplayed, he made it sound like he cured inoperable brain cancer nearly 100% of the time but when you look at the actual results of some of the trials it is more like 30%. Impressive if it is true but not a miracle treatment.

I'd also want to know if that 30% was going through any other kind of treatment. It's sort of like with prayer healing, if you pray a lot you'll think god healed you, rather than the treatments you were getting.