The specious arguments about chiropractic science continue to be spread on the Internet as a basis for supporting FSU's chiropractic proposal. In response to a Tallahassee Democrat article on the questionable science behind chiropractic, on which I blogged earlier today, in an editor's comment in ChiroZine, published daily by the Chiropractic Resource Organization it is now claimed:
Understanding the 'science' in chiropractic has been confusing for both chiropractic and medicine. What doesn't seem to be understood is the possibility that we could be dealing with a relatively 'new' science; that of a neurocognitive discipline attempting to correlate mind - body function. While 'neurocognitive' is an apt discriptor for the inquiry, more exists that has not been understood possibly because of the reductionist nature of the inquiries. That chiropractic has been delving into a neurocognitive relationship in brain - body function, it is more likely to be deeper; that a 'neuro - endo - cognitive' relationship exists in communication pathways of the body; that nerves and endocrine relationships exist that require a different approach to study. Either way, that chiropractic is a player in all this will not prevent the chiropractor from searching for answers. It is the science community that must acknowledge the chiropractic profession as an innovator in a new kind of science. However, it is time to add definition to the new science so inquiry can begin with academic guidance.
If this "new" science solves the mind-body problem, we should hope to see many more Nobel Prizes coming out of FSU. However, I must ask what, if anything this adds to scientific inquiry. Neuroscience and cognitive psychology have been exploring these questions for decades. How, exactly, is the mechanism they are exploring "reductionist"? As a matter of argument for scientific inquiry, this plea rings familiar -- like those who posit the existence of a planet or being from which all humans came from because we do not know exactly how we evolved and we know we are here and that life has many great mysteries. That's the "new" science in evolution. It's called intelligent design.
Very nice write up. Easy to understand and straight to the point.
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