You can only believe in what you know to be true

Acupuncture has a history of 2500 years. Many acupuncturists came to the west and spread their teachings. Acupuncture works for some and doesn't for others.

The World Health Organization has a list of condition that are treatable by acupuncture, acupuncture is, and has been for almost 20 years, used in correctional facilities in the US as part of detox programmes. And very succesfully too.

If there had not been enough scientists that were open to believe in something other than that what they knew to be true at the time acupuncture would not be used a a treatment option where other conventional treatments fail now. And the WHO would not be wasting it's money on trying to make some sense of acupuncture theory.

The relevance of that statement is in that it shows how narrow-minded scientific thought can be. Or at least some of the minds thinking it. Luckily there are plenty out there that can think scientifically and venture outside their boxes without experiencing existential angst. Those are the one that help science move forward. They dare to take on other beliefs.

Also check out this Q&A:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind.