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Originally Posted by peter12
Myriad is a synonym for many. So you actually can just say "myriad factors" instead of "a myriad of other factors."
Anyway, this is the grey area that alternative practitioners love to drag you into - the area of unknowns or supplemental approaches.
I get this all the time from my crazy in-laws: "work on your diet," "get proper sleeps," "train your mind."
Yes, of course all of those things are important, but alone, they can't come close to dealing with a lot of serious things. A doctor will tell you all of those things, plus something along the lines of "well, there is a treatment we have available with well-documented success rates in laboratory settings. I have also experienced first-hand the clinical benefits."
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It sounds weird to use it an an adjective though, throughout most of its history in English myriad was used as a noun, as in a
myriad of men.
What's funny is I've been watching a lot of TED talks these days and some of them are borderline alternative medicine in their style of argument...weird tricks to fix your posture, sitting is the new smoking, quick ways to improve your breathing, etc. I'm not saying they are inaccurate but they use the same populist tactics, and generally lack scientific evidence other than anecdotal evidence and baseline comedy jokes and slides. It seems like they let just about anyone give a TED talk these days.