Narrative: What struck me powerfully about the ivory-billed woodpecker debate is how it seems to mimic the relationship between chiropractors treating patients and chiropractic academics/researchers.
I see the chiropractors treating patients as the life-long bird watchers who are experts on bird identification seeing the types of patients that seek chiropractic care, what types of interventions appear effective, and are enmeshed in the nuanced nature of practicing the art of chiropractic.
Whereas the chiropractic academics/researchers are more similar to ornithologists who are experts in different specific fields of study yet should ideally yield and cooperate with the vast majority of chiropractic clinicians to help develop a future for the field of chiropractic.
Author keywords: Chiropractic - Woodpecker - Realists - Post-realists - Absurdists
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