[ SECRET POST #4440 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4440 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's just another degree of pseudoscience, really. If people believe you can affect other peoples' energies by touch, then it's not that far of a step to believe you can do it with inanimate objects as well. None of it is provable or backed up by science, it's all what sounds good to gullible audiences.

[(Anonymous)]

Not the person you replied to or OP.

THANK YOU! re: Reiki! I had a friend that was into Reiki and I couldn't talk sense into him about how he can't help or heal people without even laying his hands on them. (And, yes, I know he couldn't even heal them by placing his hands on their arms.) Just a bunch of cosmic woo-woo! Ugh! Just because it's Asian, that doesn't mean it works.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. I get how people like the idea of it and wish it were true, or why they'd want to believe that touch is literally healing, etc. but... that's just wishful thinking. You can't always save people from their bullshit, unfortunately.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT. And my friend is an atheist that loves science! So how could he fall for chakras and Reiki?!

[(Anonymous)]

People are weird like that. Maybe it's just me, but when a lot of people say they "love science" they kind of mean that in a very vague, general way. They like the abstract concept of it; they don't love it in the sense that they understand what the scientific method is or how to apply it to everyday life.

Also when it comes to woo woo stuff like this, a lot of people pride themselves on their supposed skepticism because it means they're smart and not gullible... except that they're not really that skeptical. This plays out on dozens of ghost hunting/paranormal shows like this:

"My name is Jeff and I'm a skeptic! I believe in science blah blah love science blah blah blah and I'm in this ALLEGEDLY haunted house to find out what's REALLY going on." /brandishes an EMF reader like it means something

[spooky sound that sounds like a rock being thrown at a brick wall*

"OMG OMG OMG NOTHING IN REAL LIFE COULD'VE CAUSED THAT SOUND LIKE A ROCK BEING THROWN AT A WALL IT'S CLEARLY A POLTERGEIST!!!!!!"