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Dr. Quack on Oprah

Here's a quote: "She reassures and welcomes the transplanted heart and thanks the body for accepting it; she communes with the blood cells and tells them to pretend they are cerebrospinal fluid as they flow through the bypass pump.
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This is utterly stupid. Everyone knows blood cells don't have ears. How could they hear her speak to them?
 
Dr. Oz is married to a Reiki master. Maybe she has woo-ed him. :D
 
I got my PhD at a reputable College of Medicine, and interacted with many of the med students. I was often surprised by how many of them held woo beliefs. Perhaps less than the general public, but many more than I would have guessed. Most that I met also believed in a god.

One of the med school professors there told me a similar "joke" someone else quoted in here: "what happens to the medical student who graduates at the bottom of his class? He gets an MD."
 
EeneyMinnieMoe said:
I find it absolutely inexplicable and unreconcilable that this woo-woo pusher is a surgeon, let alone one from Harvard. They must have left the science out of the science throughout his whole education.
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Haven't you ever watched Scrubs?
 
Just more support for my personal belief that you can send a man to college,but you can't make him think.
 
shadron said:
Er, um, the molecules of the body are held together, internally and externally, by electromagnetic forces; the strong nuclear force holds the constituent atoms' nuclei together.

Careful about what your spuoting there.
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Lies and untruths. I've seen the models.

Atoms and molocules are held together with little sticks. Just like Tinker Toys.
 
politas said:
Haven't you ever watched Scrubs?
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*giggle* If I had not been so hopped up on morphine, I would have asked my surgeon (after the appendectomy) if the show's portrayal has any hint of truth in it.

I'm so glad that I'm at work when Oprah is on. I have zero patience for woo. Exposure to the program would cause irreparable damage to my heart.
 
Alareth said:
Lies and untruths. I've seen the models.

Atoms and molocules are held together with little sticks. Just like Tinker Toys.
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You know, this brings up an interesting point.

I always thought that all of those models that I learned in chemistry class were direct models of reality until I was older. I actually got extremely confused in a few cases based on my flawed understanding.

Maybe I was LD :(
 
Monza said:
Now, I will give you that our body, or the atoms that comprise our body, are held together by the strong nuclear force. Notice it is a force, not energy, and this is not what the good doctor was talking about.
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And you really can utterly ignore the subatomic structures when you're dealing with higher levels of organization.

My car is made of atoms, but I've never heard a mechanic concern himself with subatomic forces in assessing a problem. Also, when you go to the auto parts store, there's no proton bin or electron aisle.

I agree, Dr. Oz is a quack.
 
Gate2501 said:
You know, this brings up an interesting point.

I always thought that all of those models that I learned in chemistry class were direct models of reality until I was older. I actually got extremely confused in a few cases based on my flawed understanding.

Maybe I was LD :(
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Watson had the same problem with the DNA model.
 
Alareth said:
Lies and untruths. I've seen the models.

Atoms and molocules are held together with little sticks. Just like Tinker Toys.
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Come on. The sticks are there to prevent the atoms from becoming neutronium. Deep down, they're really dark energy. Electromagnetic forces don't operate on wood; you wouldn't have to watch out for splinters if that was true. (And a big, fat :) for that paragraph.)

Monza, you're awfully sensitive. Sorry if you felt I was mocking you, but upon analysis of my own actions, you were right, I was. No more so than I expect to be when I make errors, which ghu knows, I certainly do often enough.

The strong nuke force keeps the atomic nucleus together. It keeps protons with same charges (and neutrons) from exploding outwards. Electromagnetic forces keep the electrons attached to the nucleus and mediate the atom-to-atom shell impenetrability and cohesion (chemical bonding). All chemical effects are electromagnetic in nature.
 
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JoeTheJuggler said:
Also, when you go to the auto parts store, there's no proton bin...
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Well, you may just find a bin with some of these...

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:D
 
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