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Woohoo
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 Posted - 12/06/2009 : 09:19:43
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I totally endorse this review. I read the book a few weeks ago, in one sitting, and it completely changed my way of looking at this alternative Woo stuff. It isn't just harmless delusion, as I had previously supposed - it can be extremely dangerous and exploitative. Everybody should read this book; it is the ultimate self-help book in that it helps you to make informed choices about your health and your beliefs.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 12/06/2009 : 13:30:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Woohoo
I totally endorse this review. I read the book a few weeks ago, in one sitting, and it completely changed my way of looking at this alternative Woo stuff. It isn't just harmless delusion, as I had previously supposed - it can be extremely dangerous and exploitative. Everybody should read this book; it is the ultimate self-help book in that it helps you to make informed choices about your health and your beliefs.
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Woo is always exploitative, be it psychic nonsense, homeopathic snake oil, chiropractic assault & battery, or church. All make grandiose claims, produce nothing of substance, and cost you in cash, time and often physical injury.
Welcome to SFN, Woohoo!
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 12/06/2009 : 15:07:00 [Permalink]
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Just so everyone knows, the discussion in this thread is in reference to the SFN review of Bob Lloyd's book,
Leaving the Land of Woo. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2009 : 16:04:37 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Just so everyone knows, the discussion in this thread is in reference to the SFN review of Bob Lloyd's book,
Leaving the Land of Woo.
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Yes, I understand that. I was just sayin'....
Michelle gave it quite a good review, itself a good read.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Leaving the Land of Woo
