Wikipedia:Minchin's Law
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Minchin's Law is the central law of so-called complementary and alternative medicine (SCAM).[1][2][3]
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It was originally stated by Australian humourist Tim Minchin as follows:
"By definition", I begin
"Alternative Medicine", I continue
"Has either not been proved to work,
Or been proved not to work.
You know what they call "alternative medicine"
That’s been proved to work?
Medicine."
— Tim Minchin, Storm[4]
Thus, any alternative medical treatment is presumptively bogus.
- "The short and irreverent e-dition of The Skeptic's Dictionary – part 1 – sCAM – so-called complementary and alternative medicine". skepdic.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Hall, Harriet (August 3, 2018). "Alternative medicine a scam? New book exposes the lack of scientific rigor of 'complementary' treatments". Genetic Literacy Project. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- Minchin, Tim (2011-04-07). Tim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie. Archived from the original on 2021-11-22.