"Cleanses to reduce the "toxins" in your body. We have organs for that: your liver and kidneys. If those aren't working you have problems way bigger than any juice can handle."
""Manifestation." Babe, that’s not the universe aligning. That’s just you ignoring red flags while journaling in cursive."
"Flat earth. I know a lot of it is trolling, but there are some sincere crazies out there."
"Homeopathy. That really needs to go away."
"Scientology.........................F**k them so bad there a******s reach all the way to their front flappas."
"Chiropractor."
"Vaccines cause autism."
"That a wolf pack has an alpha male."
"The idea that the brain stops developing after a certain age, or that we only use 10% of it."
"Crystals. Girl told me she put one under her bed to attract love and ended up hooking up with her ex who gave her chlamydia. The universe *did* send someone, just not with good intentions."
"Personality tests. Specifically Myers Briggs. The amount of smart people i encounter who think its real never ceases to amaze me. Cue folks chiming in here that's its actually scientific in 3...2...."
"Trickle-down economics."
"Ghost hunters/ paranormal investigators/cyrptid investigators."
"All those supplements bros on podcasts are selling you."
"Healing crystals and essential oils."
"Copper bracelets etc to help with pain."
"Amber bracelets and necklaces on toddlers to prevent teething pain."
"Lie detectors and most other forms of “forensic science” outside of DNA."
"Getting a cold after being outside in the cold."
"From a reddit interaction a few hours ago, astrology apparently."
"Ancient Astronaut Theory".
"My coworker just tried telling me yesterday that the sex position you use will determine the gender of the baby."
"I know a lot of people praise eastern medicine, but I think it's BS. I remember that story of that influencer who thought she could beat cancer with juices and coffee enemas. Well guess what, she died of cancer."
"The concept of race. Our modern concept of race is pseudoscience on the level of flat earther type s**t."
"Alkaline Diets."
"As a teacher, I will chime in with **learning styles**. The idea that learners can be categorized as either those who learn by seeing, hearing or doing. No basis is peer reviewed research whatsoever.Turns out that the student's interest in the subject is far more important - as well as the quality of the teacher.""
"I've been told by alcoholics that drinking liquor stops you from getting diseases like COVID."
"Cupping, acupuncture, aromatherapy, chiropractic, etc, etc, etc."
"Body language experts.
Also I don't know if that counts since actual psychology is of course a real science, but there's a lot of pop psychology going around that is based on approximately nothing."
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A lot of it is like cold remedies . Do anything and take everything as you wish and a cold will be gone in 7 days. Do nothing and it takes a whole week.
*weeks. Sorry.
Agreed. We’re just not allowed to notice the stark obviousness in physicality, and we definitely aren’t allowed to talk about the intellectual/behavioral differences.
try to read something before speaking... like en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_genetic_variation
“Oh yeah! Wikipedia! The cornerstone of irrefutable fact!” he exclaimed, with pharmaceutical-grade sarcasm.
check the sources of the article. They are more valuable than your biased anecdotical evidence
#8 Meaning.... That's Bullshit.
yeah biologist here too. Alpha males in wolfpacks only exist in captivity. You should know this, colleague