iridology 'wrong' or 'not medically accepted'?

[Tony.]

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At a party last night, I met this guy that started telling me about Iridology and how iridologists can look at your eyes ( the iris ) and tell you whats wrong with you or what can be potentially wrong with you..etc. etc. and how optometrists started doing just that ; like they can see what part of your body is damaged just by looking at your iris.....
my sister was standing next to me and I said to the guy at the party
'you're wrong! Iridology is wrong'

the guy I told this too got really embarrassed ....
( Im sorry, but Iridology has been proven wrong and you're an idiot if you belive in it)
Anyway, my sister told me that it was rude of me to tell him that he is 'wrong',
she suggested that next time I should say 'its not medically accepted'

can someone help me with this.
is iridology JUST FLAT OUT 'wrong' or just 'not medically accepted' ?

 

[Richard_Hom]

Tony,

One or two studies have already established that iridologists show a less than chance probability (called low sensitivity) in diagnosing eye or systemic medical problems. In my opinion, much more study needs to be done to establish iridology as a reliable methodology.

Richard

 

[Andrew_Doan]

I agree with Dr. Hom. On the other hand, there are diseases with classic iris findings; however, few iris findings are unique to just one disease entity.

 

[Tony.]

I agree with Dr. Hom. On the other hand, there are diseases with classic iris findings; however, few iris findings are unique to just one disease entity.

so....
I guess its safe to say that iridologists can only find CERTAIN TYPES of diseases just by looking at the iris.

strange.
On the internet, i found a whole chart that listed every single disease that can be associated and linked back to the iris....
are we gonna learn about that in optometry school.......
(spare me, please)
Anyway, iridologists are weird and I dont have that much respect for them

 

[r_salis]

On the internet, i found a whole chart that listed every single disease that can be associated and linked back to the iris....

Would you post the link? Could be interesting. 😀

 

[Tony.]

Would you post the link? Could be interesting. 😀

please let me know what you think of this link below

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/jgd1000/iridologychart.gif