Reflexology anyone?

blunomore said:
If love is 'real', how does one measure it? You know it is not scientific :) C'mon, just have a nice cup of coffee and admit it !
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The collective emotions which we interpret as love are all measurable. Moreso, I saw a while back about MRIs picking up on love - one can tell the difference using an MRI between someone in love and someone not in love (if NatGeo is to be believed). They ask questions and invoke certain emotions - those in love react in certain parts of the brain and those not in love in other parts.

One of science's least known organs is the brain but that doesn't mean we won't at some point in time know everything there is to know about it. As pornstar mentioned, science is a work in progress, and while it cannot answer everything (yet), it is the best possible answer we have so far. Far better than not questioning something that in all likelihood is just a scam and a play on people's emotions. Again, I have no doubt that it makes people relaxed and feel good (the feet for example are closely linked to the brain's interpretation of the sexual organs) however it being used for diagnostic and alternative medicinal treatments - well that's just a heap of tripe and I'm yet to see a single medical practitioner refer someone to a reflexologist on medical grounds.

Rubbing one's hands and feet to cure asthma!? Really now? Have you read those claims? As if the hands and feet (and this magical qi stuff) somehow kick our brain into action, ordering them to immediately "fix" the lungs? Pahahaleeeeaaasee....
 
DJK said:
The collective emotions which we interpret as love are all measurable. Moreso, I saw a while back about MRIs picking up on love - one can tell the difference using an MRI between someone in love and someone not in love (if NatGeo is to be believed). They ask questions and invoke certain emotions - those in love react in certain parts of the brain and those not in love in other parts....
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What can be measured, can be controlled. Not so with love.
 
Geriatrix said:
I've always wanted to go to an acupuncturer for the hell of it but I've never been able to find a genuine chinese traditional doctor to do it. All I see are some young poppies from beauty school who pretend to know what its about.
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If you're interested and in Cape Town, I'd recommend Dr Lin. You don't get much more genuine than that :)
 
blunomore said:
What can be measured, can be controlled. Not so with love.
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Not quite. Your warped logical conclusion aside, love can in fact be controlled or at least influenced in some ways. Think pheromones, hormone manipulation, brain stimulation etc. All of these things have the ability to influence love in some way. BTW, there is a bloke in the UK (and a few others around the world) who following brain trauma, have completely lost the ability to love - this alone goes to show that love is a process controlled by the brain - sure, we might not understand it 100% yet, but in studying cases like these, we begin to make headway in the field. If love really were something more than just a process controlled by our brain, an evolutionary cumulation of emotions developed to solidify a bond with a suitable mate, then why would plain old head trauma influence, control and in some cases even eradicate the ability to love?
 
blunomore said:
By the average person, outside a lab, NO.

Just admit it :)
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The ability to control and influence it is set in stone, regardless of where it takes place. 100 years ago people would have laughed off the idea of mobile phones - heck, we'd just started getting the hang of the telephone. These days mobiles are commonplace. Just because the technology doesn't exist to make something affordable for a home user (as per your example) doesn't mean that the science behind it doesn't exist.

Now I know you're thinking "well the same applies to rubbing my hands and feet and curing AIDS in the process". Well not quite, because in this case, the science behind it is completely non-existent. Reflexology has absolutely no scientific basis whatsoever, whereas love, emotions and many other physical manifestations of feelings are rooted in science.

When reflexology begins to show actual improvements results-wise (which it cannot); when reflexology can provide some basis of scientific methodology (which it cannot - btw, if there is no science then how do they know where to massage - is there a single teacher who's knowledge has been passed down?); when reflexology shows some way in which to measure its results (which it cannot) - then I might view it in a different light. Until then (and I wouldn't hold my breath), I see it as hocus pocus drivel - much like the SCIO, much like that scientologist policeman's quantum people-finder, much like aliens living in volcanoes (who are in fact our forefathers), much like fairies and goblins and santa claus etc...
 
Can't believe I'm about to agree with DJK...
Yes, it can be controlled.

As for reflexology, I don't think that there is any real physical gain from it, nor do I think it can accurately determine any physical ailments, but it is still a pleasant foot massage (been for it at a company spa day once). If that's all you're looking for, go for it. If you have serious medical concerns, see a doctor.
 
CathJ said:
If you're interested and in Cape Town, I'd recommend Dr Lin. You don't get much more genuine than that :)
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Thanks! But no unfortunately I'm in Joburg. Have you been to him/her? For what and how did it help?
 
The ability to control and influence it is set in stone, regardless of where it takes place. 100 years ago people would have laughed off the idea of mobile phones - heck, we'd just started getting the hang of the telephone. These days mobiles are commonplace. Just because the technology doesn't exist to make something affordable for a home user (as per your example) doesn't mean that the science behind it doesn't exist.
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If it only exists in isolation or for a limited few on a very exclusive basis, then as far as average Joe is concerned, it might as well not exist.
 
blunomore said:
If it only exists in isolation or for a limited few on a very exclusive basis, then as far as average Joe is concerned, it might as well not exist.
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Then average joe is a silly twit.

I doubt you measure or (knowingly and significantly) influence gravity on a regular basis - however because you're ignorant of the fact does not mean gravity doesn't exist, or that it cannot be influenced or controlled in some way...
 
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