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Why is GD getting so upset about Woo all of a sudden? (Original Post) mr blur Jan 2014 OP
I stopped by to post something very similar Nevernose Jan 2014 #1
GD's chakra is out of alignment. Liberal Veteran Jan 2014 #2
The woo advocates are desperate. Archae Jan 2014 #3
Chiropractic, acupuncture proving to be fake? 2banon Jan 2014 #21
Placebo effects only. HuckleB Jan 2014 #22
LOL 2banon Feb 2014 #23
Derp. HuckleB Feb 2014 #24
Acupuncture Doesn't Work HuckleB Feb 2014 #25
LOL I assume it's because it needs to be upset about something kdmorris Jan 2014 #4
I wonder if someone has been propagandizing about it on the Internet somewhere? LeftishBrit Jan 2014 #5
Does it matter? progressoid Jan 2014 #6
I have a thought about that. Starry Messenger Jan 2014 #7
Full moon? JoeyT Jan 2014 #8
I just came here to make the same observation Ron Obvious Jan 2014 #9
Yeah but DID YOU KNOW... trotsky Jan 2014 #10
Cancer Ron Obvious Jan 2014 #15
Holy fucking shit! JVS Jan 2014 #11
Well said, a bit cruder than I... but well said.. nt uriel1972 Jan 2014 #13
I've avoided most of it Warpy Jan 2014 #12
Wish I could've stayed out of it. Iggo Jan 2014 #14
The woo-sters can take my prescription meds outta my cold, dead hands. Lisa0825 Jan 2014 #16
agree 100% :)... uriel1972 Jan 2014 #17
I love the woo-spreaders' name for those who *GASP* want actual science... Archae Jan 2014 #18
As if "Scientific materialist" was an insult... uriel1972 Jan 2014 #19
Mechanical science is another that's been going around Lordquinton Jan 2014 #20
Psychology can teach us much about why many people fear GM foods, by David Ropeik HuckleB Feb 2014 #26

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
1. I stopped by to post something very similar
Sun Jan 5, 2014, 04:55 PM
Jan 2014

It's like they all got the same message on their moonbeams...

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)
2. GD's chakra is out of alignment.
Sun Jan 5, 2014, 05:08 PM
Jan 2014

A little meditation and massage should realign things and restore balance.

I've placed a crystal near my computer to speed things up a bit.

Archae

(46,844 posts)
3. The woo advocates are desperate.
Sun Jan 5, 2014, 06:06 PM
Jan 2014

It's becoming more and more obvious that woo is a colossal lie.

Chiropractic, acupuncture, crystals, and homeopathy is proving itself to be fake.

So the woo sellers are amping up the sales pitches, and the woo advocates are getting desperate.

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
21. Chiropractic, acupuncture proving to be fake?
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 01:46 PM
Jan 2014

Just wondering if the sarcasm coda was forgotten?

LeftishBrit

(41,307 posts)
5. I wonder if someone has been propagandizing about it on the Internet somewhere?
Sun Jan 5, 2014, 07:20 PM
Jan 2014

I don't really care about what people choose to believe in, or use, for themselves; but it does bother me when people start sneering at others' illnesses; e.g. treating depression as something that can be cured by 'getting off your ass'. I never liked this attitude, and the last three years of Iain Duncan-Smith and the RW press trying to portray people with health problems as scroungers have made me even more intolerant of it!

Starry Messenger

(32,375 posts)
7. I have a thought about that.
Sun Jan 5, 2014, 11:51 PM
Jan 2014

Granted, it's kind of nebulous and not based on anything concrete, but it seems odd that there is an explosion of support for whackjob-cures the same &$%@ week this country finally institutes some kind of health care reform.

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
8. Full moon?
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 12:16 AM
Jan 2014

Telepathic commands from Deepak Chopra?

I got all curious and went and looked, now I wish I hadn't. Yeesh.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
9. I just came here to make the same observation
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 01:37 AM
Jan 2014

The strawmen, the anecdotes, the false accusations, the projections, even from some posters I otherwise respect.

Depressing. I suspect this distrust of science is a form of neo-yokelism that's a product of our cynical, anti-authoritarian age.

Life expectancy was around 40 at the beginning of the 20th century (and it still is in traditional tribal societies), but by the end of the century it had nearly doubled with many nasty diseases eradicated or nearly so.

It wasn't any woo (and I just the word deliberately) that brought that about.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
10. Yeah but DID YOU KNOW...
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 12:20 PM
Jan 2014

that prior to the discovery of (insert sciencey thing I don't like here), there was NO SUCH THING AS CANCER SO THERE!

Oh and please disregard the tumor-containing mummies we have. They were planted by Big Yak to distract us. Thanks.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
15. Cancer
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 05:59 AM
Jan 2014

Indeed. I remember a discussion about low rates of cancer in traditional societies versus a western country with the highest cancer rate in the world. The conclusion seemed obvious to the woo'sters: western lifestyles cause cancer. It's obvious, look at these numbers. No question about it. QED.

Digging a little deeper, it turned out the traditional society in question had an average life expectancy of around 38, whereas the western country with the highest cancer rate also had one of the highest life expectancies in the world (and almost certainly better diagnostics).

Low cancer rates usually means the people don't live long enough to develop it, whereas high cancer rates can mean higher life expectancy rates.

That said, down with Big Yak, of course. Bastards.

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
12. I've avoided most of it
Mon Jan 6, 2014, 06:53 PM
Jan 2014

now dammit, where's my medal?

Woo is just fine for healthy people, especially when they're hypchondriacs.

It just doesn't do a thing for any real disease process.

Lisa0825

(14,489 posts)
16. The woo-sters can take my prescription meds outta my cold, dead hands.
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 09:32 PM
Jan 2014

Because if they take them from me, that's what I'll be! Cold and dead!

Archae

(46,844 posts)
18. I love the woo-spreaders' name for those who *GASP* want actual science...
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 01:33 PM
Jan 2014

"Scientific materialists"

"If you just open your mind to the possibilities, (fill in the blank woo) can cure (fill in the blank disease)."

"Where's the actual evidence then?"

"You're a scientific materialist! BLASPHEMER!"

The latest I saw was a guy touting the "credentials" of a doctor, who claims quantum science "proves" there is life after death.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024307435

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