> Which is a testament to just how many clueless and dumb people there are running around This is snake oil. It's not the first and it certainly won't be the l

> Which is a testament to just how many clueless and dumb people there are running around This is snake oil. It's not the first and it certainly won't be the last case of it. It's the same premise that powers sales of lots of products from * "holistic" / non-FDA-approved medicines: {"male enhancement", hair regrowth, weight loss, anti-aging, muscle-building} drugs * fortune telling * "get rich quick" schemes * multi-level marketing promises of success You are sold an emotional appeal of wealth / health / success / sex / whatever. If it triggers your emotions, your lizard brain takes over and your cognition takes a back seat. Everyone at some point with the right appeals, will fall victim to the right sales pitch. Addictive personalities and those with "blind faith" tend to be the first to be sold and extreme skeptics tend to be the last, but they are all weaknesses in human behavior. It's not very far from the same basic sales techniques used in spear-phishing.