“We should listen less to the opinions of those who either overtly promote or stubbornly reject complementary and alternative medicine without acceptable evidence. The many patients who use complementary and alternative medicine deserve better. Patients and healthcare providers need to know which forms are safe and effective. Its future should (and hopefully will) be determined by unbiased scientific evaluation.” KnowsNeedsShouldUsePainFormOpinionSafeEvidenceDeserveMedicinePatientDeterminedHopefullyAlternativesTherapyInjuryRejectsHealthcareAcceptableEvaluationProvidersComplementaryAlternative MedicineUnbiasedDeserve Better Author:Edzard Ernst
“Men are mistaken in thinking themselves free; their opinion is made up of consciousness of their own actions, and ignorance of the causes by which they are determined.” ThinkingMenMadeActionCausesConsciousnessOpinionIgnoranceDeterminedMistaken Book:Ethics Source: Ethics
“Religious phenomena are naturally arranged in two fundamental categories: beliefs and rites. The first are states of opinion, and consist in representations; the second are determined modes of action.” FirstsTwoStatesActionBeliefReligiousOpinionFundamentalsDeterminedCategoriesRepresentationRite Book:Durkheim on Religion: A Selection of Readings with Bibliographies and Introductory Remarks Source: Durkheim on Religion: A Selection of Readings with Bibliographies and Introductory Remarks
“I established the opposite view, that this history of the embryo (ontogeny) must be completed by a second, equally valuable, and closely connected branch of thought - the history of race (phylogeny). Both of these branches of evolutionary science, are, in my opinion, in the closest causal connection; this arises from the reciprocal action of the laws of heredity and adaptation... 'ontogenesis is a brief and rapid recapitulation of phylogenesis, determined by the physiological functions of heredity (generation) and adaptation (maintenance).” ActionLawViewsRaceOpinionGenerationsConnectionsOppositesFunctionValuableConnectedDeterminedAriseBranchesClosestAdaptationRapidsMaintenanceReciprocalPhysiologicalHeredityEmbryosRecapitulation Author:Ernst Haeckel