A great book that really says everything I've thought in similar situations when you have to make nice to people who are clearly idiots. Just because it is socially unacceptable to flat out contradict morons at a dinner party. ( )

Actually science is a three-fold state, true, false, not proven and there are things that exist in a steady state of must be poked until we find out the truth. The idea that everything is known is a fallacy, but otherwise I get this rant. I have used tarot cards with people to help them discuss an issue and basically let their subconscious talk to them (for the princely sum of a cup of coffee, mostly because our society has made it that if you don't charge people don't concentrate or take things seriously, yeah capitalism).

I believe that things should be examined and that harmful things should be examined harder, that placebo has it's place and that truth is slipperier than I want. I do believe that we treat a lot of things too lightly and don't allow for the power, that we give away our power too much to people who only want our money and that modern drugs are a wonderful thing, they cured my cancer and keep my husband moving through his psoriatic arthritis, but I also see people being lost in a fog of medication where other avenues for wellness have been ignored. I was offered anti-depressants while undergoing chemotherapy when I admitted that there were days I felt overwhelmed and a bit down about it all, before being offered counselling or other choices, and of course I was a bit depressed by it all, I was 32, damn it, and facing my mortality.

Worth a read but probably preaching to the choir. ( )