I was pretty surprised the other day as I was looking through the BOCES adult education catalog to see that Reiki training was offered. I have all the respect in the world for BOCES as an educational institution, so I am disappointed that they would have courses for a program that has no empirical evidence whatsoever to support it.
For those of you unfamiliar with Reiki, please refer to this article from Wikipedia. Basically, it is an invented form of alternative medicine whereby "life force" can supposedly be used to heal. Unfortunately for the practitioners (and their "patients") scientific research has shown that Reiki has no efficacy beyond a placebo effect. In fact, Reiki could even prove harmful if the "patient" avoids traditional medical treatment in favor of Reiki.
I hate to see a great organization like BOCES hurt its integrity by offering a course like this. What's next? - Astrology? Phrenology? Seances?
Friday, February 05, 2010
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