Original sentence: Beliefs about spiritual energy not validated by the scientific method are usually termed non-empirical beliefs by the scientific community.In the 1800s, electricity and magnetism were not well understood and electrical quackery was rife.In the 2000s, quantum quackery and zero point energy ideas provide similar opportunities.Some alternative therapies, such as electromagnetic therapy, use veritable energy, though they still make claims that are not supported by evidence.Therapies that purport to use, modify, or manipulate unknown energies are acknowledged even by alternative medicine proponents as being among the most controversial of all complementary and alternative medicines
Edited sentence: However, this theory fails to account for the specifity of the locus of successful intervention.In the 1800s, electricity and magnetism were in the "borderlands" of science and electrical quackery was rife.In the 2000s, quantum mechanics and grand unification theory provide similar opportunities.Some alternative therapies, such as electromagnetic therapy, use veritable energy, though they may still make claims that are not supported by evidence.The gap between the empirally  proven efficacy of some therapies and the lack of empirical physical evidence for the belief-systems that surround them is at present a battleground between sceptics and believers.Theories of spiritual energy not validated by the scientific method are usually termed non-empirical beliefs by the scientific community.Therapies that purport to use, modify, or manipulate unknown energies are among the most controversial of all complementary and alternative medicines