Virtually always may me a little stronger than I'd say, but basically we agree. I can think of a few medical examples of useful treatments being badmouthed or even banned due to the efforts of pharmacomedical business. I don't know as much about other fields.
Example: The amino acid tryptophan was banned in the US due to one bad batch, a very short time before the first SSRI was introduced.
Of course some so-called medical treatments DESERVE to be badmouthed but that's entirely another matter.
:) With dorks like you and I, it's important to look at the specific phraseology. "Virtually always" != always, and "supremely sceptical" != "don't believe". After a heckofalot of conversations with "lay-people" I frequently fall into the same problem, of reading what is generally there, rather than what is specifically there.
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The only thing that comes close is "X, therefore you need to cede control over your standard of living to this commitee".
It's virtually always the case that X is wrong.
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Example: The amino acid tryptophan was banned in the US due to one bad batch, a very short time before the first SSRI was introduced.
Of course some so-called medical treatments DESERVE to be badmouthed but that's entirely another matter.
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