Today's Pseudoscience Exploration: HIV Denial
Hi all.
As you all know, I am fascisnated by pseudoscience of all kinds. I just find it odd how some people can seriously belive in such bizarre things.
Today, I want to talk about another odd thing that some people beleive in: HIV denial. Yes, this is a real thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV%2FAIDS_denialism
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_denialism
The HIV denialists belive that HIV doesn't cause AIDS. Instead, some of them believe that AIDS is God's punishment for being sinful. Others believe that AIDS is caused by modern medicine, and can be cured using herbal remidies. In other words, HIV denialism is greatly tied to homophobia and/or neo-luddism. It is also tied to germ theory denialism ... which is also a real thing for some reason.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Germ_theory_denialism
Is there anyone here who personally knows an HIV denier? I'm curious because I've always wondered why some people can be so paranoid.
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Overall, I hate medical quackery for some very personal reasons. Lots of people have died because of medical quackery. My dad almost died when I was 10 because he refused to get proper medicine. We need to be more trusting of people who have devoted their whole lives to the study of the human body and its cellular components.
Also, many medical quacks love to screw over people on the autistic spectrum. I find that to be sick and twisted. It seems like everyone and their dog has a new "cure for autism" every day of the week.
Here are some things to be wary of:
- Don't trust anyone who talks about a "new medical miracle". That's emotionally manipulative language right there. Evidence-based professionals don't do that.
- Don't trust anyone who rants about "big pharma" … but wants your money. It's blatantly hypocritical to criticize the pharma industry … as you make money in a similar fashion.
- Be wary of anything that can supposedly cure everything. There is nothing that can cure everything.
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Synthetic carbo-polymers got em through man. They got em through mouse. They got through, and we're gonna get out.
-Roostre
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Check out this stupid medical quack.
VVV
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/NaturalNews
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_News
What a loon! How do some people take this guy seriously?
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Synthetic carbo-polymers got em through man. They got em through mouse. They got through, and we're gonna get out.
-Roostre
READ THIS -> https://represent.us/
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