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

Lunar effect โ€“ 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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[โ€“] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

The full moon does something to people's brains and makes them act weirder than usual.

There's been more than one time when I've been out and thought people were driving crazier than usual or people on the bus were being more psycho than they normally are, and I've looked it up and it's been within like 2 days of the full moon on either side.

People are ~70% water and the moon does move the entire ocean around, so maybe it's something to do with that?

[โ€“] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

If you know the future you should be doing good with this power! There's so many things we need to stop before they happen, falling down stairs, health conditions, the questions we're gonna be asked in court!

[โ€“] chobeat@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

ITT: very little pseudoscience. It's pseudoscience only when you try to pass something non-scientific as science (understood in the modernist sense). There are plenty of systems of knowledge that are outside of science and don't really care about passing as science when making statements about the world: metaphysics, theology, cybernetics, open systems theory, and so forth. Those are not pseudosciences.

[โ€“] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (8 children)

That wiki article is very biased.

It also has problems distinguishing pseudo medicine (proven not to work) from alternative medicine (not conclusively proved or disproved).

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[โ€“] matelt@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

That's a long list I've only skimmed it and I didn't find the theory I like most, the stoned ape theory. That belief that some distant ancestors ate some shrooms and discovered art and a higher state of mind. I've taken a microdose a little too high and my vision was like an impressionist painting for a few moments and it made me so happy because Monet and Van Gogh now made absolute sense.

It might be a little too convenient but I think it works and it's really sweet.

[โ€“] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I've had good luck with acupuncture. In one extreme case it fixed my bell palsy months faster that the doctor said it would heal.

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