article that prompted the previous, btw. it's good https://twitter.com/theshrillest/status/711944497622462464 …
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@literalbanana nb quantifying death-by-woo has a selection bias in that almost nobody tries to treat a sucking chest wound with crystals
@schakalsynthetc I would just like acknowledgment that there's a trade-off and magic crystals aren't totally bad & evil
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@literalbanana *acknowledge!* seriously ... yes, 100%. the notion that there's a bright line demarcating "alternative" is p much bunk, too -
@literalbanana so much folk medicine is just folk empiricism. no it doesn't have the methodological sophistication of a clinical trial *but* - 3 more replies
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@jamesmcn@schakalsynthetc they're probably more effective if they do (as long as the crystal is blessed by a priest) - 4 more replies
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