lol lol lol

WTF?

Never in a million years could I come up with something like that.

Used mostly by under-20's trying to sound smart.

Boy could we use one

--imm

or no?

Since I have no religion, yes, pretty much. All woo.

Peace man!

Without justice, there is no peace, though, or so I hear.

Without mercy - no justice

Homeopathy, Sasquatch (and his relatives,) flying saucers, telepathy, dowsing, palmistry, psychics, etc.

--imm

Sasquatch is cooler than UFOs though

no substance to it.

ahhh

"woo" is a specious sort of belief that is more rooted in pop culture or consumerism than in an established faith. While both make specious claims about the nature of reality, "new agey" ideology is more likely to be considered "woo".

Since this is a left wing political board you will find Enlightenment empiricism to be the prevalent attitude toward matters of faith. Good luck.

thanks

and that's the long, long history in western culture of using religion as a way to justify oppression of others.

the Native Americans know this well. The Jesuits who came to the Americas were disgusted that some groups, such as the Iroquois, did not think men should oppress women, for instance.

Empiricism has its faults, too, but the potential to correct those faults is greater when something is based upon reproducible results and evidence - because people can argue those points in a way that others can access.

If someone claims revealed knowledge, the issues come down to matters of opinion and who has the power to force their opinion on someone else.

But the meek shall inherit the earth...

Another example is homeopathy - the type of "medicine" that's unique in that diluting it is supposed to make it stronger, so homeopaths dilute their preparations over and over and over until there's nothing left of the ingredients, not even one molecule, so you're drinking expensive water.

What a rip off eh?

flying fuck what is written on a random message board.

You know, that kind of stuff

Now I know more

Are you the guy that started it all?

you see a lot of it in CT threads like chemtrails, HAARP or 911 Truth.

As in "pitching woo".

pitch woo
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Verb

pitch woo (pitches woo, pitched woo, pitching woo)

1. (Antiquated) to court
2. to make love
3. to flatter



* English idioms

...that based mostly on confirmation bias and often are directly contradicted by actual science. They are usually driven by wishful thinking and are a reaction to the seemingly cold empiricism of the scientific method. They include things like quack medicine, pseudo science like astrology or Fung Shue, and hackneyed philosophy sometimes operating under the label of either ancient or newly revealed wisdom.

beliefs. It's rather nebulous, kind of like saying all criticism is "bashing".
It's a cop out and meant to be an insult, especially when not accompanied with an explanation actually based in science.

and yet I've noticed that people who use the word excessively are mean-spirited and full of tremendous admiration of themselves.

Like water under the bridge....

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men and women who can dream of things that never were!

John F. Kennedy

That was an awesome quote. I can here his cool accent now. Skeptics are necessary to remind us of the obvious, like we need to restore the earth...

body language, homeopathic medicine, and curses.

from Sedona where I am surrounded by it.

such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and general hippie new age horseshit.

Sid

So, instead here's something that's actually funny-

How dare one use observation, logic, and science to figure out the world around them?! We should blunder along blindly, relying entirely on supposition and quackadoodle hunchery to find our way! That's far less dense!

And seriously; "grok" was always a stupid word -- coined by a fascist, no less!

if you don't know what it means you are woooooooy

Mommy, please kiss my woo-woo.... ?

Still makes me smile.

Woo! Woo! Hey baby, gimme some!

Not in any circles, including 20 year olds.

All I can say is, "Woo!" In the context of 'Yaay!'

Humanity is off its rocker. We are so wrapped up in the artificial world we have made, we can scarcely appreciate the snow and rain.
Who made 'woo'? Humanity did. Its anywhere our Western minds have spoiled the earth, its resources and our children's ability to appreciate it.
Who made you? The Great Mystery. I still believe we have the capacity to participate in the Great Turning of our hearts to Mother Earth.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/127701471/The-Pledge-of-the-Rainbow-Warrior