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Naturopathic schools and doctors, too.

• darkpuma 8y ago
  Those people have a strong financial incentive to remain wrong. Many of them may even know they're wrong but don't care because they enjoy money more than they enjoy the sensation of honesty. And since you can't differentiate the ones who are stupid from the ones who are sociopaths pretending to be stupid, there is a decent chance you'll be wasting your time trying to persuade somebody who already agrees with you and simply won't admit it. Consider for instance practitioners of "psychic surgery." All practitioners of 'psychic surgery' know they are frauds because 'psychic surgery' is sleight of hand. With something like acupuncture or homeopathy, it's certainly plausible that some practitioners believe they are doing something real, but with 'psychic surgery' that form of self-delusion simply isn't a possibility. This demonstrates the existence of frauds who know they're frauds. There's no reason to believe similar personalities aren't operating in any other form of 'alternative medicine'. Don't waste your time with nuts who've made careers out of being nuts.