For example, we have Daniel David Palmer, inventor of chiropractic A magnetic healer by background, Palmer believed that all human health was controlled by a mystical vital energy that caused misalignments in the spine 2/npic.twitter.com/goakSdrb5P
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In many ways, this is just a natural progression. Once you've accepted the existence of an invisible, unmeasurable, unknowable force, the idea that you can manipulate this force somehow makes sense
Osteopathy is another great one. As I said, it was invented a bit prior to chiropractic by Andrew Taylor Still Similar to Palmer, Still posited the existence of a vital force that drove most of human healthpic.twitter.com/SsGekQ7vlq
The basic beliefs of osteopathy are basically identical to chiropractic, which is why many people believe that Palmer stole Still's ideas
Still believed that the body was controlled by a vital force that transcended physicality, and could be manipulated by correcting problems with the musculoskeletal system He thought that any illness could be cured through the body's natural defenses, aided by osteopathy
Another common theme through all of these systems of thought is that you can cure all disease using them Similarly, they are all pretty much entirely wrong
What's really interesting is the misconception by many that these are all ancient practices developed over thousands of years, when in reality most were invented by one person in the 1700 and 1800s, and based on nothing more than imagination.
Also a good point. I wrote a blog about that once
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