
In public discourse, the words science, scientists, and research are used constantly. In the context of health and medicine, these terms are almost automatically assumed to refer to medical professionals, particularly physicians, and to what is commonly called medical science. This assumption is so deeply ingrained that it is rarely questioned. Yet it is categorically incorrect.
Neither the public nor most professionals stop to ask a basic question: what exactly is meant by science? And more importantly, who is actually trained to practice it?
This confusion lies at the heart of modern medicine’s claimed authority.
Allopathic medicine—the so-called modern medical system—is widely promoted as superior to alternative traditions such as homeopathy, Ayurveda, and naturopathy. This claimed superiority rests almost entirely on the assertion that modern medicine is “science-based” and supported by “scientific research.” However, this assertion collapses once the term science is defined correctly.
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