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A David Gorski quote is used to support a skeptical perspective regarding the Feldenkrais Method. The citation leads to a 2009 opinion piece by Gorski criticising CAM services offered at the MD Anderson Cancer Centre, specifically Feldenkrais, Reflexology and Accupuncture. In the article, Gorski links to a Feldenkrais post by MD Anderson site; it goes to a 404 error page.
The tone of the post is subjective opinion and sarcasm. It is not a rational analysis. For example: Gorski quotes the Feldenkrais Foundation site and implies that he does not understand the words. Sarcastically seeking clarity he links to an item in the Skeptics Dictionary (SD) that is highly subjective with inherent logic errors. The SD item quotes a story by a person who had difficulty walking after an accident, and after a 3 day Feldenkrais workshop is able to walk more easily than before the accident. She describes the exercise method used. However the author places this quote in the middle of a critique of faith healing.
It appears that Gorski based his comment about FM having similarities to faith healing on that author’s opinion. This discredits the Gorski quote.
If the Gorski source is to be retained, a more useful (rational and accurate) quote would be (as of 2009) “I couldn't find any evidence that the Feldenkrais method has been "confirmed by by research in neuroscience," at least not any neuroscience published in the peer-reviewed literature indexed on PubMed. True, I did find 34 references, but a lot of them were in the CAM literature, and none of them were in any neuroscience journals that I could find.” D1doherty (talk) 15:38, 24 September 2023 (UTC)