Talk:Andrew Weil
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[edit] Birthdate
His birthdate of 1942 derived from being 63 in Nov 2005 (source: CNN). Yet it might be 1941 (e.g. if he was born in December) or Jan 1943 (e.g. if he likes to round up his age, as some people do).
[edit] Page is advertisement for nonsense
Like all pages about pushers of voodoo medicine, this page should show exactly why Andrew Weil is a fraud and why people believe in his nonsense. It should not be a ringing endorsement of the snake oil he sells. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Randy Blackamoor (talk • contribs) 06:55, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Strange?
Weil wrote the introduction for Paul Stamets book "Psylocybin mushrooms of the World".
He has been catagorized, even associated with strange people like Terrence Mckenna.
Thus, can anyone provide insight into his personal life? Strange he certainly is, especially knowing vaguely about his past, and currently he seems to be making a strong attempt to interpose values into American Society.
[edit] Mega Man Network
According to 1UP.com, Doctor Weil sent an angry letter to Mega Man Network over defamatory comments. Mega Man Network replied with the e-mail for Capcom USA, since it was referring to the character Doctor Weil from Mega Man Zero. - Stoph 01:21, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Drug usage
- Weil is open about his past and present use of illegal substances, claiming, "I think I've tried about every drug in [his book] From Chocolate to Morphine."
Can you confirm from his writing that he presently uses illegal substances? This seems to be unsubstantiated. --Dforest 06:12, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Note concerning edits from 207.145.113.102 to this article
That IP address resolves to the mailserver at drweil.com [1]. While I found the article, put in a reference and assumed the usual good faith that the current article accurately reflects its reportage (it is now locked away for pay in the Citizen's archives, I nevertheless felt it necessary to see where the edits came from and found that. So any material coming into this article from that address (which has only made edits to this article and Integrative Medicine) should be looked over carefully and flagged for unsourcing (as I did) when it occurs. Daniel Case 03:23, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Source of 207.145.113.102 edits
I am Brad Lemley, editorial director of drweil.com, and made the edits in question as a response to inaccuracies and biases in the article as I found it. The anonymous author(s) of the original piece had a strong, obvious bias against Dr. Weil; these were rectified or responded to in good faith and facts were all taken from the public record. May 5, 2006. Additional details, sourced to www.drweil.com, added May 18, 2006.
[edit] Categorization
I have reverted the persistent addition of the Pseudoscience Category to this article, as the author is not named on the Pseudoscience article. Further, placing articles in controversial categories without consensus contravenes Wikipedia:Categorization. --apers0n 09:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Dr. Weil promotes homeopathy. This is psuedoscience. I'm not saying his promotion of pseudoscience is appropriate for a section in this article, but come on. --Skidoo 20:33, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
