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I use to not care about conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. I found it funny even, until my mother got breast cancer and some heartless guys tried to sell he
by orwin 6y ago
I use to not care about conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. I found it funny even, until my mother got breast cancer and some heartless guys tried to sell her lithoterapy (stone you put in water before drinking that water, stone you have to wear to sleep and all this stuff).
Well as this "therapy" was really dangerous, there were a lot of articles on the danger and that and my insistence managed to keep her from that. She has now recovered with chirugucal operation and hormone therapy.
I then followed up on that, discovered something called zététique[0], basically applying scientific method to all claims. It worked quite well for me.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9t%C3%A9tique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A9t%C3%A9tique
- aaomidi 6y agoUnfortunately not everyone has the support group to help them navigate through this. Or the personality to rely on a support group. When you're in a situation like cancer you're extremely vulnerable. You think to yourself what's the point of me keeping this money if I'm just going to die so vulture companies decide to use this vulnerable state to destroy you. As a society we should stop turning a blind eye towards this. Yes they're an adult and should know better, but maybe that view isn't always correct? Maybe sometimes adults can't consent to stuff properly because of the situation they're in.
- dlp211 6y ago> Yes they're an adult and should know better Why should they know better? Why are adults expected to be experts in all things? Certainly if it was bad the government would stop it or they wouldn't make enough money to advertise to lowly old me is likely what most of them think.