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> People with nothing to lose make fantastic targets for snake oil fraud. How much of that is because there's nothing else offered to them, other than snake oi
by NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
> People with nothing to lose make fantastic targets for snake oil fraud.
How much of that is because there's nothing else offered to them, other than snake oil and "have fun dying soon"?
If their entire world is full of hucksters and con men, how can it possibly make things worse to open it up to legitimate research?
- tomsto 3y agoAgree. My mother had a very serious form of cancer (she’s luckily responded well to treatment) but she was overwhelmed by con men promising hope. Adding legitimate research makes this mix less toxic, not more