I feel like Canadians are weirdly receptive to homeopathic/naturopathic bullshit.
I think BC and QC have concetrated communities of anti-science individuals, which makes the ignorance seem more prevalent than it actually is. Then again, the number of people I know who recognize naturopathy is bullshit but then routinely see a chiropractor is WAY too high
Frankly as a doc myself, I'd sort of rather my patients see a naturopath if they have to choose one. I'm not a fan of either but at least I know the local naturopaths will provide a nice listening ear, while the chiropractors just seem to do everything they can to actively hurt people.
I'm pretty sure other provinces have their fair share of loons as well.
It's pretty popular in NB as well, which shouldn't be surprising considering half the province is functionally illiterate.
NS has a concerning number of them.
Never been to a chiro, and vaguely understand they're under-regulated quacks. But, I don't know, if someone can comfortably afford it and they perceive some benefit, is it a bad thing? Part of me wonders if things like chiro are popular because people get human touch in that setting and maybe it fills some psychological need? Evangelists of any sort are annoying, any anyone who tells me to go to a chiropractor I kind of, am suspicious of. But science evangelists too can miss the point. Carl Sagan communicated so many powerful ideas so eloquently, and spoke so scathingly of what he saw as pseudoscience. But if someone quietly reads a horoscope or goes for a tarot card reading & it helps them to see something in a different & constructive way, I kind of want to say, y'know, fill your boots.
I'm also a bit of a defeatist when it comes to magical thinking. I'm not sure that people who are prone to that kind of thing can actually be talked out of it by reason and good arguments.
FMT in and of itself is proven. But firstly trying to treat Autism with it and secondly administering it as capsule seems highly questionable.
Fecal transplants being an actual medical procedure is pretty entirely irrelevant to the story, though.
If some quack spouted "Reject all food, the only thing one's body must imbibe is water!" I wouldn't respond with "Hydration in and of itself is proven."
I feel like Canadians are weirdly receptive to homeopathic/naturopathic bullshit.
I think BC and QC have concetrated communities of anti-science individuals, which makes the ignorance seem more prevalent than it actually is. Then again, the number of people I know who recognize naturopathy is bullshit but then routinely see a chiropractor is WAY too high
Frankly as a doc myself, I'd sort of rather my patients see a naturopath if they have to choose one. I'm not a fan of either but at least I know the local naturopaths will provide a nice listening ear, while the chiropractors just seem to do everything they can to actively hurt people.
I'm pretty sure other provinces have their fair share of loons as well.
It's pretty popular in NB as well, which shouldn't be surprising considering half the province is functionally illiterate.
NS has a concerning number of them.
Never been to a chiro, and vaguely understand they're under-regulated quacks. But, I don't know, if someone can comfortably afford it and they perceive some benefit, is it a bad thing? Part of me wonders if things like chiro are popular because people get human touch in that setting and maybe it fills some psychological need? Evangelists of any sort are annoying, any anyone who tells me to go to a chiropractor I kind of, am suspicious of. But science evangelists too can miss the point. Carl Sagan communicated so many powerful ideas so eloquently, and spoke so scathingly of what he saw as pseudoscience. But if someone quietly reads a horoscope or goes for a tarot card reading & it helps them to see something in a different & constructive way, I kind of want to say, y'know, fill your boots.
I'm also a bit of a defeatist when it comes to magical thinking. I'm not sure that people who are prone to that kind of thing can actually be talked out of it by reason and good arguments.
FMT in and of itself is proven. But firstly trying to treat Autism with it and secondly administering it as capsule seems highly questionable.
Fecal transplants being an actual medical procedure is pretty entirely irrelevant to the story, though.
If some quack spouted "Reject all food, the only thing one's body must imbibe is water!" I wouldn't respond with "Hydration in and of itself is proven."