Thoughts

Charges and Responses

1. “You’re not scientific.” Science doesn’t have all the answers. 2. “We need to prove chiropractic” To who, a bunch of pointy headed, scientific snobs? 3. “The public expects us to be scientific” No, the public expects us to be honest and competent and will accept us by virtue of the logic of our philosophy.  … Read more

Compromise

We need to compromise on issues that are non-essential. Objective straight chiropractic needs to say what is essential and what is not, what we will compromise on and what we will not.   February 24 2010

What is the reason for chiropractic's success?

Our success and survival for 100+ years has not been because chiropractic works. Everything works to some degree. It is because we unlike other fields have successfully merged the immaterial factors involved with the healing of man with the material factors involved in that healing, in just the right proportion, without an inordinate amount of … Read more

Acting on Principle

Too often we are told to do things for the sake of others, for humanity, etc. That is often outside in thinking and the greatest reason for mixing. Most important it is trying to avoid saying “do it because it’s the right thing to do”. Saying it’s the right thing to do connotes some sort … Read more

Chiropractic Education

One of the worst things we can do for people ( chiropractic students and practice members) is to give them education without purpose, without values, without principles, without standards, without a world and life viewpoint. It’s better to have purpose without education than education without purpose.   February 5, 2010

ADIO v. OIBU v.?

There appears to be a third category of viewpoint beside the outside in and ADIO viepoints and that is what we might call the “no viewpoint” viewpoint. There are a certain group of people who do not appearto live their lives based upon any viewpoint. They use a combination of emotion, habit, tradition, peer pressure, … Read more

Metaphysical and Supernatural

Metaphysical is not supernatural. It is part of the natural world but inexplicable by present scientific means. There is a metaphysical component birds being able to fly south for the winter. Elephants flying south for the winter would be supernatural. Life is metaphysical. Ressurection is supernatural. Innate intelligence is metaphysical. Your innate intelligence being able … Read more

Odd Isn't It?

Isn’t it odd that the medical doctor (and some in our profession) can blame sickness and disease on a microscopically small bacteria and an even smaller virus. Yet they cannot conceive of the small movement of a vertebra from its proper position putting a slight pressure on a nerve and interfering with the proper function … Read more