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What is Something Scientific that you just don't believe in at all? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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EDIT: Let's cool it with the downvotes, dudes. We're not out to cut funding to your black hole detection chamber or revoke the degrees of chiropractors just because a couple of us don't believe in it, okay? Chill out, participate with the prompt and continue with having a nice day. I'm sure almost everybody has something to add.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

For me it's Colloidal Silver. It's been used as antimicrobial in wound dressings in the past but I just don't trust it at all. The reason it suddenly resurged was during the Covid Pandemic a bunch of televangelist snake oil salesmen started endorsing it. If a product contains silver I won't use it at all, and furthermore I reject brands that sell it. I would even rather bleed than purchase a CVS bandaid.

[–] fruitycoder 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Interestingly I really only know about because it's "popular" in the biohacker space for helping with cavities (as in AFTER you have cleaned a cavity you can use it to seal and protect it from further damage). Cheaper and more accessible then proper dental care.

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