We can always use more case studies of insanity that aren't religion, right?
Well, Miracle Mineral Supplement is my new go-to example for Bad Things happening to people with low epistemic standards. "MMS" is a supposed cure for everything ranging from the common cold to HIV to cancer. I just saw it recommended in another Facebook thread to someone who was worried about malaria symptoms.
It's industrial-strength bleach. Literally just bleach. Usually drunk, sometimes injected, and yes, it often kills you. It is every bit as bad as it sounds if not worse.
This is beyond Poe's Law. Medieval blood draining via leeches was far more of an excusable error than this, they had far less evidence it was a bad idea. I think if I was trying to guess what was the dumbest alternative medicine on the planet, I still would not have guessed this low. My brain is still not pessimistic enough about human stupidity.
Are you aware of the FIELD STUDY the RED CROSS conducted in Uganda and was naive enough to let people record on video before they realized how powerful the cure actually was? They tried denying it afterwards... but that was three video tapes and hundreds of witnesses too late. Here's the video link, if somone here is actually interested in what's going on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jY2yab0uLc
To cut to the chase: from 154 malaria-infected people, 100% were cured after 48 hours. And that's verified by the red cross (unwittingly though)! Today, every 40 secs someone dies of malaria... i.e. the issue is of crucial importance and should lead people of "high epistemic standards" - as I understand the author of this article views him/herself - to inquire into the subject more deeply and responsibly than to clamour about its use as chemical-industrial detergent. Speaking of which: Did it not appear to you, that Natriumchlorite is one of the most commonly used and sold and CHEAP chemicals around the world? How do you make a bug out of that? When setting up a scam, wouldn't it be more tempting to sell something you cannot get on ervery corner for next to nothing? Same, of course, goes for citric acid (the other ingridient).
So... where are you getting your info from? Is it really just wikipedia and the FDA? And you're rambling about human stupidity... well, there you go.
Ah, a video. Of course you can trust anything you see in a video edited by a partisan, right? It's not like it's a bunch of snippets put together out of context with a misleading voice over or anything.
http://www.pepijnvanerp.nl/2013/05/fake-and-unethical-trial-video-claims-miracle-mineral-solution-cures-malaria/