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There's a solid 20% of the population who put really weird answers on surveys. The entire supplements industry relies on people taking things "for their health"
by pjc50 1y ago
There's a solid 20% of the population who put really weird answers on surveys. The entire supplements industry relies on people taking things "for their health" based on inadequate or misleading information.
- ben_w 1y agoIt's probably much less than 20%*, though surveys vary. But even without that, your core point is valid: in general, yes people believe a lot of untrue things. My mum took all the New Age stuff seriously, so I did too until my early 20s. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#Lizardman's_Constant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#Lizardman's_C...