Attacking my intent and intelligence – as you did in the deleted comment – does not move the conversation forward and is an example of the type of ad hominen attacks that you accuse me of. I guess that makes you a hypocrite. You tell me not to do what you are doing.

I suggest that you take a good look at where your hostility and anger are coming from and deal with those sources.

It should also be pointed out that the article by Gorski is not even about the Feldenkrais Method. There as just a small portion of it that speaks about it. He specifically questions a claim that the method is “Confirmed by Neuroscience” to which he did try to confirm and was unable to do so and to which at this point you have not said a single thing to refute this. The simplest solution would be for yourself to actually refute that argument, present some evidence that it actually is “Confirmed by Neuroscience”. If you were to have actually done that then you would have easily put Gorski in his place. Gorski was also not doing an in depth article on the method and was not making a definitive statement about it but a simple opinion based on what he had seen, he states that from what he has seen it doesnt look to be more then glorified Yoga and “I’m left to come to the opinion that the Feldenkrais method borders on quackery.”

You are also now claiming that he refused to make even the barest attempt at research yet he clearly states that he did look up the research, he even acknowledges that he found about 34 papers but that none of them were published in any Neuroscience journals.

I don’t know Gorski personally and didn’t know anything about him until I came a cross his blog quite recently and I have no prejudice towards him but I will give him a lot of credit for one thing that he does which is when he responds to another article, paper, blog etc he will always respond to the information presented. He will take the statements made by other people and actually explain why they are wrong and back it up with resources. When he makes claims about people he backs up those claims with examples.

You on the other hand make claims about him without showing a shred of evidence that they are true. You Claim he is only “Scientific” when it meets his own personal agenda. Can you give examples?

http://www.psych.utah.edu/feldenkrais/index.php

Further, rip Dr. Schwarcz for not providing evidence but then fail to provide any yourself. Where are the 30+ studies you speak of? Why not let your readers see your sources and judge the validity themselves?

“First, there are probably no neuroscientists doing research that is specifically on the Feldenkrais Method. They might be doing research on principles related to the Feldenkrais Method (whether they realize it or not). But an outcome study directly about the Feldenkrais Method? Probably not. ”

You freely admit that there is probably not any neuroscientist doing this research and that they might be researching some of the principles that are related and also that there is probably not any outcome study directly about the method. Do you realize that your are actually supporting Groski’s claim about it being “Confirmed by Neuroscience”? Nothing you have said contradicts what Groski is questioning. If the methods are indeed “Confirmed by Neuroscience” then why not simply show where that is a fact? Where in fact does Neuroscience Confirm these methods? There may be 30+ Studies but are any of them in the filed of Neuroscience? Also if you are going to claim that there are 30+ Studies then please reference them. Am I supposed to take your word for it that there are 30+ Studies supporting the method? Where are these Studies published? Are they Peer Reviewed?

Groski may very well be wrong when it comes to this post but if he is you do a terrible job of proving it. Rather then arguing the facts and presenting a case as to why he is wrong you are resorting to an Ad hominem attacks.

ButterHead -”Ego Based Medicine,” love it! That term should be patented. Sorry that I haven’t written more on Gorski. The last time I got on his blog I nearly vomited.

- Ryan

I immediately returned to my hotel room for a shower. Very very creepy little man..

- Ryan

By the way – I was going to do a blog post on many of the cognitive distortions and mis-uses of logic and reasoning that Gorski uses, but I never got around to it. I may need to write it up at some point.

Gorski is about to find himself as respondent in a defamation action that will also name Wayne State University and it’s Dean of Medicine, Valerie Parisi. In his post in New Jersey, Gorski was “early- retired” because colleagues found him difficult to work with and strongly objected to his internet antics. Seems his reputation is about to catch up to him again. This time, though, it’s about to get very public….

So much for your so-called data-driven approach, eh Dr. Joe Schwarcz?

- Ryan

I’m surprised this idiot is even allowed to practice medicine.

The Pathetic!! It Burns!!!