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What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ashok36@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

There's a word for alternative medicine that works. It's "medicine".

I forget the attribution.

[–] theonyltruemupf@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

Tim Minchin said it in "Storm" but I don't think he coined the term.

[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Alternative medicine is afaik medicine that is not part of traditional academic medical education. This is at least who it would be defined in German. Not sure if it is the same in English. We actually have specific words for that: "Schulmedizin" means academicly accepted medicine.

So yes, it would also be medicine. But different than e.g. ibuprofen or radiotherapy.

But tbh, I cannot think of an example. So maybe there is none? Don't know, I am personally not that interested in alternative medicine.