Talk:Radioactive quackery
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I am not happy with the term quackery as applied to this. Some of these devices were not irrational at a stage where almost nothing was known, and the knowledge of what would be curative effects was not well developed. Certainly the fluorscope was not quackery--it did serve the advertised purpose of fitting shoes, and was mainstream. It was of course dangerous and totally unnecessary, but it survived through the 1950s. DGG (talk) 20:52, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Good point. Today's science is tomorrow's quackery? Understanding does evolve, at least as long as the religious fanatics do not have total power... Seriously, leeching at one time was certainly not considered "quackery". Maybe that is a bad example. I think I read somewhere that leeching has made a comeback for some reason or another, or was that only a bad nightmare? Presumably "quackery" is defined by the status quo, whether that be "truth" or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.35.126.14 (talk) 23:21, 14 May 2008 (UTC) Then there is the term "radiate", which is used (in physics) in a slightly different manner than the common understanding for "radiation". Just talk about "radiating bodies" to a zoning board and see how far you get in obtaining a variance for an antenna site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.35.126.14 (talk) 23:23, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
