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Weird "biological medicine" theory

Madalch

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The silly naturopath in my city writes a semi-regular article for the local weekly paper. One of the things she mentioned in this issue was that she had attended a "biological medicine" conference where she learned the new theory that viruses, bacteria, and parasites were simply the same organism in different parts of its life cycle.


Anybody heard this before? You'd think Lenski's E. Coli experiments would have shown them turning into tapeworms if it were true.
 
Madalch said:
The silly naturopath in my city writes a semi-regular article for the local weekly paper. One of the things she mentioned in this issue was that she had attended a "biological medicine" conference where she learned the new theory that viruses, bacteria, and parasites were simply the same organism in different parts of its life cycle.
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When I was young and naive, I thought that there couldn't be anything stupider than astrology. Then I learned about homeopathy, and now this . . .
 
I had actually heard this before from some quack. Can't remember where though. Doesn't make it any less silly.
 
Madalch said:
The silly naturopath in my city writes a semi-regular article for the local weekly paper. One of the things she mentioned in this issue was that she had attended a "biological medicine" conference where she learned the new theory that viruses, bacteria, and parasites were simply the same organism in different parts of its life cycle.


Anybody heard this before? You'd think Lenski's E. Coli experiments would have shown them turning into tapeworms if it were true.
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Perhaps that the 3 of them can infect each other is what should have been heard (perhaps he/she didn't understand or misheard a few bits).

On another note, are you sure those are the right words and theory presented? Perhaps posting the article would come in handy (for a good laugh).
 
Dimitri said:
Perhaps that the 3 of them can infect each other is what should have been heard (perhaps he/she didn't understand or misheard a few bits).

On another note, are you sure those are the right words and theory presented? Perhaps posting the article would come in handy (for a good laugh).
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It was in the paper this morning- it's not on her website yet.

ETA: But it is on the newspaper's website! http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_north/northislandmidweek/lifestyles/101828298.html

" The basis of biological medicine in Germany is the “pleo-morphic theory” which states that organisms change their form to best suit their life cycle and change from virus, to bacteria to parasite and back again."
 
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" The basis of biological medicine in Germany is the “pleo-morphic theory” which states that organisms change their form to best suit their life cycle and change from virus, to bacteria to parasite and back again.
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The problem is, we can never catch them in the act..
 
The attacks against the germ theory of disease never stop.

Cue the Science-based Medicine music, for an article that discuses the pleomorphic theory and so much more:

Basically, Béchamp’s idea, known as the pleomorphic theory of disease, stated that bacteria change form (i.e., demonstrate pleomorphism) in response to disease. In other words, they arise from tissues during disease states. Béchamp further postulated that bacteria arose from structures that he called microzymas, which to him referred to a class of enzymes. Béchamp postulated that microzymas are normally present in tissues and that their effects depended upon the cellular terrain. Ultimately, Pasteur’s theory won out over that of Béchamp, based on evidence, but Béchamp was influential at the time, and, given the science and technology of the time, his hypothesis was not entirely unreasonable. It was, however, superseded by Pasteur’s germ theory of disease and Koch’s later work that resulted in Koch’s postulates. Besides not fitting with the scientific evidence, Béchamp’s idea had nowhere near the explanatory and predictive power that Pasteur’s theory did. On the other hand, there is a grain of truth in Béchamp’s ideas.
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http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=6444

dasmiller said:
Shrewd, these wee beasties . . .
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It's a conspiracy...
 
That page is accepting comments. I've posted one, and I am sure comments from others would help as well. Especially from someone like Ixion, who actually has a clue about this sort of stuff.
 
Bob Blaylock said:
That page is accepting comments. I've posted one, and I am sure comments from others would help as well. Especially from someone like Ixion, who actually has a clue about this sort of stuff.
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I submitted one, but yours was particularly good.
 
That article is now closed or comments.

I suppose we can gloat over the fact that in the time it was accepting comments, the only ones posted were from those of us who described the nonsense for what it is.
 
organisms change their form to best suit their life cycle and change from virus, to bacteria to parasite and back again.
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Someone seems to have confused "illness" with "Triple Changer Transformers."
 
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