• Ibaudia@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    When someone offers you a panacea that requires 0 effort and is popularly accepted, it’s pretty appealing. Especially if you’re scientifically illiterate and don’t know why it’s bullshit.

    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 months ago

      Though amusingly my Mom’s chiropractor is probably why she’s doing as well as she is today. He happened to order some imaging for a bullshit chiropractic reason and he’s looked at enough spinal imaging to notice when something’s not right. He sent her to a real doctor and told her she needed to be tested for MS, which was diagnosed and had her under treatment before she had any real symptoms.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      It just never occurred to me that it might be bullshit until somebody pointed me to some skeptical articles about it.