Like old medicine shows of the past, we don't need the establishment exploiting indigenous cures in the name of social justice philosophy's skewering of science and culture
https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...nous-cures
EXCERPTS: Indigenous Peoples in North America have a long history of using plants to treat ailments — a tradition they share with ancient Greek and Egyptian medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine.
[...] Indigenous Peoples held a certain fascination for white American settlers, and were believed by some to possess secrets of healing...
[...] Unfortunately, the real history of Indigenous medicine is clouded by the sordid history of medicine shows. Recently, though, the Canadian government has called for a recognition of its contributions, with Environment and Climate Change Canada’s new Indigenous Science Division mandated “to bridge, braid and weave Indigenous science with western science.”
That is a noble thought, but science is a matter not of philosophy, but of evidence. There is no western science or Indigenous science. There is only science. Evidence needs to rule... (MORE - missing details)
https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...nous-cures
EXCERPTS: Indigenous Peoples in North America have a long history of using plants to treat ailments — a tradition they share with ancient Greek and Egyptian medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurvedic medicine.
[...] Indigenous Peoples held a certain fascination for white American settlers, and were believed by some to possess secrets of healing...
[...] Unfortunately, the real history of Indigenous medicine is clouded by the sordid history of medicine shows. Recently, though, the Canadian government has called for a recognition of its contributions, with Environment and Climate Change Canada’s new Indigenous Science Division mandated “to bridge, braid and weave Indigenous science with western science.”
That is a noble thought, but science is a matter not of philosophy, but of evidence. There is no western science or Indigenous science. There is only science. Evidence needs to rule... (MORE - missing details)