Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution. Theodosius Dobzhinsky Evolutionary biology is, of course, the scientific foundation for all biology, and biology is the foundation for all medicine. Randolph M. Nesse and Gorge C. Williams
The deeper the thought the greater the vocabulary needed to express that thought. The more primitive your language, the more primitive your thinking. Some people’s vocabulary and hence their thinking is confined to four letter words. The last great language for thought and expression was in the fifth century B.C. with the development of the … Read more
In order to make chiropractic relevant we must: 1. Abandon oppositionalism (toward medicine). That mindset, which unfortunately, BJ gave us, has and continues to hurt us. I think BJ actually believed that chiropractic was so reasonable and made so much sense that the practice of medicine would just naturally fall by the wayside when people … Read more
Chiropractic demonstrates that the solution to man’s problems are not, as medicine and other outside-in approaches maintain collective, but are personal and individual.
One thing we can thank Obama for is a better understanding that public opinion means nothing. I guess his hope is that we will change and become a totally Marxist country and as a result public opinion will then remember him as a great president. (Do most communist countries’ public opinion think of Marx as … Read more
Validate is defined as, “to establish something as valid.” Does research validate our chiropractic philosophy or is the philosophy validated by the logic of its deductive reasoning and the authority of the 33 principles? If we need scientific research for ourselves or others in order to validate chiropractic, is it possible to do that and … Read more
The issue of diagnosis is the 600 pound gorilla in the room. It is always dangerous. Least dangerous to most dangerous: 1. Refusing to make a diagnosis and an explanation of why. 2. Failing to make a diagnosis when one is expected. 3.Making an incorrect diagnosis. The non therapeutic chiropractor always makes the first choice. … Read more
“changing the world” seems to be the objective of many and varied groups today. Religious and pseudo-religious groups emphasize that the changes are necessary in the individual and in doing that they can affect a change in the world as a whole (even if that individual change comes by threat of death). The environmentalists believe … Read more
It is not merely the amount or quality of the effort by the chiropractor, in giving the adjustic thrust that causes it to be a successful event. It is also the amount of the effort of the practice member’s innate intelligence. The only thing that determines that success is the quantity and quality of the … Read more
The ancient Greeks created two words for that which we might describe as beauty, something that is good and valuable. Agathos was the first term that was created. It meant good or beautiful of intrinsic value. It referred to the inner beauty or value of a person or object. The word kalos was later created … Read more