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What Pseudoscience do you Believe? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by allo@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Came across a list of pseudosciences and was fun seeing where im woo woo.

Lunar effect – the belief that the full Moon influences human and animal behavior.

Ley Lines

Accupressure/puncture

Ayurveda

Body Memory

Faith healing

Anyway, list too long to read. I guess Im quite the nonscientific woowoomancer. How about you? What pseudoscience do you believe? Also I believe nearly every stone i find was an ancient indian stone. Also manifesting and or prayer to manipulate via subconscious aligning the future. oh and the ability to subconsciously deeply understand animals, know the future, etc

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I try to follow truth whenever it leads, I guess the closest was when I was younger and wanted dragons to be real, but I didn't really believe it.

Acupuncture isn't a pseudoscience, anyway, it's science. It has been actually proved to work.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acupuncture

Acupuncture[b] is a form of alternative medicine[2] and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body.[3] Acupuncture is a pseudoscience;[4][5] the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientific knowledge,[6] and it has been characterized as quackery.[c]

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04001-4

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38980012/

First, we find that evidence for any direct vagal parasympathetic efferent innervation of the adrenal glands is weak and likely artifactual.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

In the Cambridge International AS and A Level coursebook it says that there is scientific evidence for acupuncture.