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I'm no doctor

Posted by Presto (A) on February 14, 2007 at 13:55:52

In Reply to: And your point is... posted by jsm on February 14, 2007 at 13:28:49:

But I think you need to take a Rivitrol man!

It was just a joke. You know... objectivist asking for TEST RESULTS?? ha ha ha...

What's not a joke is that MILLIONS of North Americans were prescribed anti-D's with NO MORE INFORMATION than our objectivist gave our good doctor in my joke.

Don't believe me? Ask people who are on them, and how much "information was exchanged". Ask them also, how much "testing and critical diagnosing" was done.

It's "Yep - that's depression all right! Here's your PROZAC!" in more than half the cases.

Believing otherwise is a very optimistic view of a GP's ability to provide psychiatric care, and prescribe psychiatric medicine safely.

Ironically, if you see a shrink, you'll get medicated with MORE dope even faster. Just show up with bags under your eyes and a frown and they'll write you up.

Oh. I am a self-proclaimed objectivist. That's the REAL funny part! :o)

But your points are well taken.

Finding a correlation between certain measurements and perceived sonics is going to be a lifetime journey for many!

Some may say it's a road best not travelled.

I don't think using your ears to pick gear that is ultimately supposed to be pleasing to your ear is dumb.

I just think this is dumb:

"What I hear means this _______ works as advertised, and all of the pseudo-scientific explanations offered by the marketing team must be REAL and VALID".

Let's not forget that "What I hear" is a perception and not a definitive or quantitative thing. It's a QUALITATIVE thing.

It is, in a word, subjective.

Seriously try the Rivitrol though.

Cheers,
Presto

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