The following article previously appeared in the November 1997 issue of The Tarrant County Physician. It is provided here with permission of the author. Its efficacy is not the driving force.
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There is not enough reliable information on the effectiveness of alternative care. But his work, which actually saw print in the pages of the prestigious journal Nature , was quickly discredited. But lawyers for the defendants say that Benveniste filed the wrong sort of complaint, an argument which, if it succeeds, will result in the dismissal of the action and Benveniste s being unable to sue again on the same complaint. Yet it would almost certainly be best for Benveniste if his lawsuit did fail on a technicality, if only to spare him the indignity of the ridicule from the world of professional scientists that would certainly follow from his bizarre beliefs being held up for public examination. Currently, for example, as reported by Nature , Benveniste claims to be able routinely to transmit biological activities to water or cultured cells electronically, to store such signals on computer discs, and to send them over the Internet, and entertains fantasies of being the next Microsoft when his work takes off.