[h_r]

It's simply a problem of what is considered to be evidence in the scientific community. If everyone "got cured by a miracle drug", that implies you already have the compelling evidence in hand that the drug, in fact, is a cure. This is an example of begging the question.

[Dylan16807]

It's not begging the question at all! The entire point is that you can have compelling evidence without a randomized controlled trial.

[h_r]

Again, this is the very thing that needs to be shown. You're simply repeating the same mistake.

The post I was responding to really had no _point_, per se. It merely asserted that it's ridiculous to require such experiments because... miracle drug!