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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 10:44 AM
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33. So do lawyers.
Lawyers undergo years of strenuous training and education. Does that make them MDs?

Professional athletes undergo years and years of strenuous training and education. Does that make them MDs?

I've undergone years of strenuous training and education in music. Does that make me an MD?
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  - not true  greymattermom   Feb-14-11 07:42 AM   #1 
  - Why spend more time/money to study further into things which have been deemed inconclusive at best?  FLAprogressive   Feb-14-11 07:50 AM   #2 
  - You are joking, right?  BeFree   Feb-14-11 08:51 AM   #6 
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        - Simple question...  SidDithers   Feb-14-11 11:07 AM   #13 
        - no but...  Teaser   Feb-14-11 11:44 AM   #14 
           - I've asked her not to. ;-) n/t  BridgeTheGap   Feb-15-11 07:13 AM   #15 
           - It would be cool, but...  HuckleB   Feb-15-11 02:32 PM   #22 
        - Indeed, the effect is famously difficult to identify,  Confusious   Feb-16-11 03:02 AM   #29 
  - Great quote:  trotsky   Feb-14-11 08:41 AM   #5 
  - As the old saying goes: "You know what they call alternative medicine that works? Medicine."  FLAprogressive   Feb-14-11 09:14 AM   #8 
  - Huh...???  CanSocDem   Feb-15-11 10:25 AM   #16 
     - And how does this prove that sCAM works?  FLAprogressive   Feb-15-11 11:56 AM   #17 
     - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Feb-15-11 01:21 PM   #20 
     - .  HuckleB   Feb-15-11 12:03 PM   #18 
     - Yes, because you can only get true and accurate information from TEH GOOGLE.  trotsky   Feb-16-11 06:25 AM   #30 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Feb-14-11 10:26 AM   #11 
  - The placebo effect is powerful, no  SheilaT   Feb-15-11 12:41 PM   #19 
  - I don't think it's that simple.  HuckleB   Feb-15-11 02:23 PM   #21 
  - yeah yeah - that's why several health care providers  mzteris   Feb-15-11 07:47 PM   #23 
  - Are there any alternative and complementary medicine surgeons? nt  Confusious   Feb-15-11 07:57 PM   #24 
  - Ever heard of a D.O.? n/t  mzteris   Feb-15-11 08:01 PM   #25 
     - No. Please explain.  Confusious   Feb-16-11 02:58 AM   #28 
        - So their "alternative & complementary" medicine is OK?  mzteris   Feb-16-11 07:05 AM   #31 
           - So do lawyers.  laconicsax   Feb-16-11 10:44 AM   #33 
              - do they undergo years of training  mzteris   Feb-16-11 06:03 PM   #34 
                 - No, and neither do acupuncturists.  laconicsax   Feb-16-11 06:57 PM   #35 
  - And that means something because...?  HuckleB   Feb-15-11 09:27 PM   #27 
  - Such piffle. Truly it is.  HysteryDiagnosis   Feb-15-11 08:31 PM   #26 
 

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