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Richard Dawkins, professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, defines it as: "that set of practices that cannot be tested, refuse to be tested, or consistently fail tests." What type of medicine is it?



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Answer: Alternative Medicine

For further info, see: Be wary of alternative medicine by Carl E. Bartecchi at http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2003/01/13/editorial3.html

Some other Professorships of note are:

Professor of the Private Understanding of the Public Interest (Wharton Business School)

Professor of Things that go Bump in the Night (Gallaudet)

The George Bowering Professorship of Ineffable Poetry (Simon Fraser University)


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