• @tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    61
    edit-2
    10 months ago

    Meh. Placebos affect people so, I let them have it.

    Edit: obviously not to the detriment of real remedies. Calmate

    • @Saganaki@lemmy.one
      link
      fedilink
      English
      8210 months ago

      If it “makes me feel better”, fine.

      If it “makes it so I’m not contagious and won’t give you Covid”, no.

    • @Signtist@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      7110 months ago

      My mom died of cancer a few months ago because she was convinced that a combination of sunlight’s natural vibrational frequency and some expensive “medical” herbal teas would cure her. Placebos affect people, but if you let them believe that they’re an alternative to actual science and medicine, then they’ll use them as such.

    • 7bicycles [he/him]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1010 months ago

      I feel like with all this placebo stuff you get like 10% increase in perceived well-being vs. a good 10% of the population just going full woo woo about this stuff

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1010 months ago

      Selling people fake remedies is always going to be to the detriment of real remedies unless they are targeted exclusively at conditions for which there are no real remedies.

      Furthermore, the real issue isn’t about “letting people have their crystals”, it’s about letting people sell fake remedies, something that should be banned unconditionally. Profiting off of pretending to help people while not helping them is socially malignant.

      OP is phrased in terms of attacking consumers because the poster is an idiot, as made evident by their absurd and pandering rhetorical tact.