"No way" might be overstating my past self. (Or maybe I'm misremembering my past self.)
I think it just seems like a really silly thing to do, like trying to heal a would by sewing it together. Like I can kind of see why someone might, in a cargo-culty way, think these things might help, but surely they're just going to make the problem worse?
Clearly this is not a very reliable instinct, on my part.
I am still confused; maybe can you describe the mechanism by which it would cause the "not helpful" things to happen?
This thread is for asking any questions that might seem obvious, tangential, silly or what-have-you. Don't be shy, everyone has holes in their knowledge, though the fewer and the smaller we can make them, the better.
Please be respectful of other people's admitting ignorance and don't mock them for it, as they're doing a noble thing.