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  Re: Why homeopathy can be dangerous  
From: Warp
Date: 26 Mar 2010 06:05:15
Message: <4bac86db@news.povray.org>
scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> >  Why do so many people think like this? What is the psychological 
> > phenomenon
> > behind this kind of thinking?

> In most cases I suspect it is because the person just can't been bothered to 
> research it, they have more important things in their life to worry about 
> than whether some cool-sounding fad medicine is scientifically proven to 
> work or not.  Hey they might not even realise there is such a thing as a 
> scientific test.

  I specifically talked about people who keep believing in it even *after*
they have been told about the better tests. In other words, they refuse to
believe in the accuracy of the scientifical tests.

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                                                          - Warp


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