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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense
Not to say that "rational" nonsense would be any less periodic.
FSogol
(45,529 posts)Matariki
(18,775 posts)It's not European so it must be 'irrational nonsense'.
What a load a shit and shame on you for posting it.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Nearly all of the stupid bullshit on that chart is European stupid bullshit.
I suppose the phrase "irrational nonsense" rang Pavlov's bell around here anyway..
Matariki
(18,775 posts)I'd suggest your 'reading comprehension' is somewhat lacking. As well as your tolerance for people who hold different beliefs and traditions than you.
Dismissing centuries of a culture's medicine, including acupuncture, as 'quack science' is ignorant and rude.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Matariki
(18,775 posts)Because you've ignored the truth of what I said - that Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture is being dismissed as 'quackery' - and are just being snarky. I'd love to know what you're referring to. You've got the majority at your back in this thread, so feel free to continue with rude snipes, but I'd love to know what you're talking about if you can do so without snark.
TheMadMonk
(6,187 posts)And the very simple fact that the list of ingredients on the label often bears so little resemblance to the actual contents of the package that the most likely conclusion is the placebo effect is the only thing at work.
Accupuncture may well work. A hell of a lot of the rest is PURE SNAKE OIL BUNKUM straight off a dropside wagon.
Das_Sams
(1 post)Acupuncture has proved too work BUT it worked as good as in the control group where the needles were placed in random places.
Beside placebo I can imagine pain can have had an effect too as it's releasing dopamine.
So the voodoo about acupuncture is the same SNAKE OIL as all the other magic stuff.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Was physically unable to stand/walk, now improving.
Welcome to DU.
Rhiannon12866
(206,095 posts)He was at least 18 and I had to carry him outside. After acupuncture sessions, he was able to walk just fine again - and it was non invasive. And while I was at the clinic, I met a Golden Retriever who was paralyzed. Two ladies bought her in on a stretcher. That pup was able to wag her tail at me, she was improving, too.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)What a heartwarming story! Thanks for sharing, Rhiannon!
People often ask me, "How do you keep your dog from moving around during acupuncture?". But actually, she becomes very relaxed -- and even falls asleep -- during treatment. Which I'm told is very common.
The thing to be careful about is when she wakes up and wants to have a good full-body shake. Needles flying everywhere!
Rhiannon12866
(206,095 posts)My local vet sent us for a second opinion and the vet there recommended acupuncture on our first visit. I'd experienced acupuncture myself, tried it in an effort to avoid surgery. I still had the surgery with the encouragement of my acupuncture doctor, but came back to that doctor to help me heal post-surgery.
One wouldn't think that most cats would tolerate acupuncture, but my cat was amazingly fine. Since it was unexpected, she was on a table at the back of the clinic where other things were going on. And I watched several vet techs trying to subdue a cat, trying to give him/her a shot. While my cat was on another table receiving acupuncture having fallen asleep. After that, I knew it would be fine for my dog.
Bucky
(54,082 posts)Poltergeists, Atlantis, Hollow Earth...
I leave it to you to defend any of these. In the meantime, I will await those feelings of shame to come over me by grading student papers. I've had 'em since August, so the shame of their writing skills will be utterly justified.
MattBaggins
(7,905 posts)It's not "European". It's Science.
1+1=2 in any world view that isn't pure nonsense.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)And I think it is a nice graphic.
It shows the commonality of all the most popular, flaky, hocus-pocus nonsense.
Bucky
(54,082 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)Surely that deserves a box...
RZM
(8,556 posts)Nobody even does it anymore, which must be why they didn't bother to put in on the list. Apparently the last 'training session' happened in 1984.
burnsei sensei
(1,820 posts)1. Eugenics
2. Phrenology
3. Racial science
upi402
(16,854 posts)I was a lost soul for several posts there...
I know a guy running a driving school that is a moonlanding denier.
Woo factor 36
ERMAHGAWD!
Bucky
(54,082 posts)<== thanks to these guys
cliffordu
(30,994 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)Bucky
(54,082 posts)or print out the cut up versions and tape them all together.
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)coming soon to a cable channel near you.
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Many thanks.
bhikkhu
(10,724 posts)Bucky
(54,082 posts)But excellent picture! Thanks for posting! I will start planning my trip to Mammoth Cave KY immediately.
finecraft
(1,213 posts)Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)but I *love* the symbol for it!!
MattBaggins
(7,905 posts)Little glass bowls are warmed inside to create a partial vacuum and then placed on the body.
Supposed to do something magical, like acupuncture is.
MattBaggins
(7,905 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,049 posts)I'm amazed at how hard it is to separate that isotope.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Bucky
(54,082 posts)Found only in the Ark of the Covenant, it's a rare form of radioactive element that cannot penetrate the human eyelid.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)LeftInTX
(25,565 posts)I'm soooo soooo glad they remembered the chupacabra
No New World Order, No Agenda 21, No birthers?
This chart will need to be updated every few minutes!!
On Edit: New World Order is there.
Still, it will need to be updated every few minutes.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)I also think that climate denial & doomerism could use a spot as well; these two types of woo are in a class by themselves.
And also, what about racial eugenics? You cannot talk about Irrational Nonsense without mentioning what is perhaps one of the best examples of such, ever!
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)if you add two parts homeopathy and one part orb you get WATER?
That sounds like homeopathy.
Fuck Chinese medicine.
NNadir
(33,561 posts)Overall, it's pretty funny, and mostly spot on, but there are very serious scientists, excellent scientists, who study folk remedies, and some important medications have resulted, and in fact, pharmaceutical science originated there with things like digoxin, digitoxin, and antibiotics.
At different points my life, particularly as a young man in California, I explored some of these. I grew up, of course, but I perfectly understand how people can "go there."
I know many people, even now - including some I love - who are still very much invested in some of these things. In most cases, out of respect for diversity, I tend to let them ride, unless, of course, they cause harm.
Post Trump, some new "heavy" elements have been discovered and could be added to the table.
Bucky
(54,082 posts)How did you even come across an 8-year-old post in this form, let alone kick it? 🤔