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Also taking the line that "Nothing works on me unless I understand the mechanism" is kind of obtuse, considering that the article we are commenting on is about

Also taking the line that "Nothing works on me unless I understand the mechanism" is kind of obtuse, considering that the article we are commenting on is about a device that relieves motion sickness, where even the inventor doesn't make any claims to know the mechanism by which they relieve the sickness. This may be the placebo effect, of course.

Retra 8y ago
It is not my understanding of the mechanism that makes a drug work. It is my understanding of the mechanism that I use to justify giving money to a company that offers a product to me. If a product is being sold to treat motion sickness, it damn well better be able to do that via some actual fucking mechanism. If your standards aren't that high, then perhaps I should get into the snake oil business. Seems I'm surrounded by suckers.