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.
<Video is not even systematic data. It's beyond easy to manipulate.> There's zero info in that comment as to the topic; it seems purely polemic to me, since I already agreed to the possibility of manipulating videos etc.
<Oddly enough, Nature doesn't care what vested interests think.> Of course it doesn't, and I never said it would. The whole issue is about which sources to trust, and coming up with some meta-analysis of BigPharma not repressing 100% of what ever doesn't win you a single inch of ground: if that study says BigPharma prefers something they produce to something else by 10%, then mms must be... a fraud? Do they even test mms? You're silent about that, so let me guess: they don't.
Yes, it does mention it in the third sentence, check it out again... weaving the outcome in up front is a telltale sign of insincerity - if you know before, what you'll find out later...
< which minimizes expenses & time> well, maybe they have no money - ever thought about that?
Interesting, you're so much into "systematic and meta-analysis"... you also tap into some higher knowledge, don't you?
Is that maybe the true reason you're so agitated? Me and my kind... you don't have the slightest clue to what or who I am, but you seem to have an image of "my likes" in your head - let's stick to arguments, okay?
Speaking of which: your links don't seem to cover mms... so why are they in your post? n=1 experiments - the path to truth? You seem not to have tested it, but still know so much about it... how come?
Finally: I never said I was either part of "the solution", nor a "bystander"... so what's the "problem"?
Good. I'm glad you'll never show a manipulated video as evidence again. I hope this has been educational.
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