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The thing with some surgeries being no better than placebo is that this can be shown and behaviors can be adjusted. With religion, "god did it" and "god works
by unsupp0rted 4y ago
The thing with some surgeries being no better than placebo is that this can be shown and behaviors can be adjusted.
With religion, "god did it" and "god works in mysterious ways" is always the answer and behaviors can't be adjusted.
Why do we do these needless surgeries? God works in mysterious ways.
- Swizec 4y agoThe “god did it” argument is weird anyway. If you truly follow that logic, then god gave us the scientific method and double-blind experiment so we can more effectively cary out their ideas. More importantly, we have evidence that believing something, anything, is really good for the human psyche. You can pull a meaning out of your arse tomorrow morning and that leads to better psychological outcomes than no meaning. Even something as simple as “I need to keep this potted plant alive” will work. Viktor Frankl’s work is a good intro to that topic.