Smells like quackery, but then something does feel strangely good about laying on soil. Not necessarily with bare skin, but always supposed it's psychological.

Smells like quackery, but then something does feel strangely good about laying on soil. Not necessarily with bare skin, but always supposed it's psychological. That intuitive feeling that something about it feels right is probably why the grift works. Maybe one day we'll conclusively find some mechanism at work for that, but this paper doesn't bring us any closer to that day. See: "Disclosure: G. Chevalier, S. T. Sinatra, and J. L. Oschman are independent contractors for Earthx L. Inc., the company sponsoring earthing research, and own a small percentage of shares in the company."