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PaperclipPerfector  5d ago (text post)   2048 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for October 11, 2024

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Also dude you're going off about UAPs downthread but talking shit about alternative health rabbit holes up here? Come on.

Yeah I figured someone would bring that up.

I think I've been pretty open and consistent on my stance on UAPs whenever someone asks. I want them to be real, but I ultimately don't think the probability of them being real is very high. It's not something I would bet money on. Thankfully it costs me nothing to refresh /r/UFOs every once in a while to check the latest news.

If someone told me that they were about to drop $1k on New Paradigm Institute's online UFO classes (which is something that you can really do with real money!) because they thought that it would give them the inside scoop, I would tell them that that's obviously a scam and they should not do that.

If someone wants to just try some acupuncture or homeopathy method at home I don't actually have a problem with that. I'm not the thought police. But alternative medicine is filled with scammers who prey on emotionally vulnerable people for financial gain, so anyone charging money for alternative treatments deserves extremely strict scrutiny.

I agree with extremely strict scrutiny, I guess I would just say don't discourage people entirely. There are genuinely good practitioners lurking out there.

It's not just alternative health though. I'd say 95% of legitimate therapists are total shit and may even make things worse for their patients.

It's a similar ratio for alternative health.

If someone wants to just try some acupuncture or homeopathy method at home

Acupuncture is a little different from homeopathy in that there's a plausible mechanism in terms of stimulating nerves or whatnot -- the Asian Woo (Wu?) wrapped around it seems shitty and I haven't tried it myself, but certainly people I know have said it helps with various things. People who are into homeopathy on the other hand just seem to be sick all the time -- for which they need more homeopathy!

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