is fashionable to use the words medicine and quantum mechanics in the same sentence. Both are highly esoteric areas of research: it requires training and practical experience to internalize their usefulness and range of applicability. Quantum necklaces, stones 'energized' healing auras and magnets are some of the nonsense that comes to market, courtesy of people who abuse of scientific language to confuse the occasional unwary.
I do not like going to the doctor. I've been a victim of malpractice (a very painful abscess for a bad shot) and I also have gained fortunes by making me wait and address 3 words. George Carlin said that medicine is guesswork in a white coat. Still ... I prefer to go to the doctor scientist who spend 45 minutes of personal consultation with a homeopath. In this brief
entry, let me mention some points regarding alternative medicine says derived from quantum theory.
Physics, like other sciences, is organized by areas of study. All adhere to the same mechanism: the hypothetical-deductive scientific method. It is a recipe with specific steps, not a dogma old. It is a mindset that has developed since we got out of the trees. In the case of physics, the object of study is the entire universe. Specializations occur when studying phenomena in particular. Examples: mechanics, electromagnetism, general relativity. All phenomena
occur at different scales, and usually when experimentalists expand the range of observation and discovery of new phenomena, the theory goes on the attack with graphite and paper (to generate new knowledge or by restating something already existing).
Quantum mechanics is one of the consequences of enlarging the range of observable phenomena. Back in the 1900's they made a series of experiments that led to the jobs they walked the atomic theory. Quantum is a word that refers to the way that energy (the ability to perform certain work) is quantified in tiny packets, called quanta. Is a description very (very) mathematical nature, in particular: how they interact with sub-atomic particles at a scale that we have no access to our senses.
Classical mechanics (of Lupita master classes in high school) is also a mathematical description of nature. Much simpler and sufficient for the range of observation than was available when it was created. These descriptions are very clear range of applicability and studied. There is nothing new under the sun, in this regard.
Where is the Newtonian medicine? Why classical mechanics is not appealing to quackery? The vocabulary and possibly the fact that people know a few things about it.
Science has its own language and scientific knowledge is expressed in this way. It should be transmitted to others without translation or interpretation. It should be clear and precise.
When a charlatan (although there are also knowledgeable, as this guy ) uses this language to confuse people, since one tends to translate into everyday language. Nothing different from the atrocities that leak their oral cavities by some politicians. Words like energy, vibration, motion, speed, quickness and field have their formal definitions in science. Language charlatan, can be anything. Some examples funny (to me):
Vedic Proposal for a shield of protection against war and terrorism. Injuries
energy field.
The pseudo-science with the nicest name .* Mixing
chiles with vanilla ice cream
from the latter site and as a random example:
"The teams generate a field of low frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate the organic mass, thus interacting with cellular processes in the body. "
Yes? From the outset there is no such thing as a field electromagnetic waves. The right thing is to talk about oscillations in an electric field (which we abstract as waves). In particular, the low-frequency electromagnetic waves (such as radio, microwave and many more) are too large (wavelengths) to interact with our cells and establish some kind of remote control. At best, we could get a little bit burned if the wavelengths are proportional to the size of a water molecule, and most of all, if the field strength is large enough (put your head in a microwave is not a good idea).
* I should add that one of the few places with honest messages: "Warning: do not claim in any case not replace the advice of health professional. If the reader has any disease should consult their doctor. "Good for them.
I have nothing against people who choose an "area of \u200b\u200bresearch" in alternative medicine. It's just that they are playing with the health and patience of people with real problems and serious. Nor do I mean that scientific medicine is the panacea: it is simply the best option we have. So far we have reaped great successes: vaccine (malaria, polio, dengue, influenza), tripled the life expectancy, prostheses and physical adaptations impressive theory of germs, organ transplants and countless advances in previously inaccessible areas such as neurology. Not bad for a couple hundred years. Second image taken
shamelessly and without permission from http://pacojonnes.wordpress.com/2007/07/21/mecanica-cuantica/
EDIT 12/15: I had spent a link.
I do not like going to the doctor. I've been a victim of malpractice (a very painful abscess for a bad shot) and I also have gained fortunes by making me wait and address 3 words. George Carlin said that medicine is guesswork in a white coat. Still ... I prefer to go to the doctor scientist who spend 45 minutes of personal consultation with a homeopath. In this brief
entry, let me mention some points regarding alternative medicine says derived from quantum theory.
Physics, like other sciences, is organized by areas of study. All adhere to the same mechanism: the hypothetical-deductive scientific method. It is a recipe with specific steps, not a dogma old. It is a mindset that has developed since we got out of the trees. In the case of physics, the object of study is the entire universe. Specializations occur when studying phenomena in particular. Examples: mechanics, electromagnetism, general relativity. All phenomena
occur at different scales, and usually when experimentalists expand the range of observation and discovery of new phenomena, the theory goes on the attack with graphite and paper (to generate new knowledge or by restating something already existing).
Quantum mechanics is one of the consequences of enlarging the range of observable phenomena. Back in the 1900's they made a series of experiments that led to the jobs they walked the atomic theory. Quantum is a word that refers to the way that energy (the ability to perform certain work) is quantified in tiny packets, called quanta. Is a description very (very) mathematical nature, in particular: how they interact with sub-atomic particles at a scale that we have no access to our senses. Classical mechanics (of Lupita master classes in high school) is also a mathematical description of nature. Much simpler and sufficient for the range of observation than was available when it was created. These descriptions are very clear range of applicability and studied. There is nothing new under the sun, in this regard.
Where is the Newtonian medicine? Why classical mechanics is not appealing to quackery? The vocabulary and possibly the fact that people know a few things about it.
Science has its own language and scientific knowledge is expressed in this way. It should be transmitted to others without translation or interpretation. It should be clear and precise.
When a charlatan (although there are also knowledgeable, as this guy ) uses this language to confuse people, since one tends to translate into everyday language. Nothing different from the atrocities that leak their oral cavities by some politicians. Words like energy, vibration, motion, speed, quickness and field have their formal definitions in science. Language charlatan, can be anything. Some examples funny (to me):
Vedic Proposal for a shield of protection against war and terrorism. Injuries
energy field.
The pseudo-science with the nicest name .* Mixing
chiles with vanilla ice cream
from the latter site and as a random example:
"The teams generate a field of low frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate the organic mass, thus interacting with cellular processes in the body. "
Yes? From the outset there is no such thing as a field electromagnetic waves. The right thing is to talk about oscillations in an electric field (which we abstract as waves). In particular, the low-frequency electromagnetic waves (such as radio, microwave and many more) are too large (wavelengths) to interact with our cells and establish some kind of remote control. At best, we could get a little bit burned if the wavelengths are proportional to the size of a water molecule, and most of all, if the field strength is large enough (put your head in a microwave is not a good idea).
* I should add that one of the few places with honest messages: "Warning: do not claim in any case not replace the advice of health professional. If the reader has any disease should consult their doctor. "Good for them.
I have nothing against people who choose an "area of \u200b\u200bresearch" in alternative medicine. It's just that they are playing with the health and patience of people with real problems and serious. Nor do I mean that scientific medicine is the panacea: it is simply the best option we have. So far we have reaped great successes: vaccine (malaria, polio, dengue, influenza), tripled the life expectancy, prostheses and physical adaptations impressive theory of germs, organ transplants and countless advances in previously inaccessible areas such as neurology. Not bad for a couple hundred years. Second image taken shamelessly and without permission from http://pacojonnes.wordpress.com/2007/07/21/mecanica-cuantica/
EDIT 12/15: I had spent a link.
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