/r/WooWoo

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A gathering place to critically and humorously examine examples of pseudo-science found across many online platforms and websites.

Humorous approaches and reactions encouraged, blatant mud-slinging is not.

/r/WooWoo:

A gathering place to critically and humorously examine examples of pseudo-science found across many online platforms and websites. Humorous approaches and reactions encouraged, blatant mud-slinging is not.

Debunking or providing counter evidence is not necessary, but appreciated, and helps educate other readers.


STILL WONDERING WHAT EXACTLY WOOWOO IS?

Here's a fairly accurate summation:

Venn diagram of WooWoo via Crispiin_Jago

Some general examples are:

  1. Alternative Medicine

  2. Psychics

  3. Appeal to Nature

  4. Hippies


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Science is a mythology

Science is a mythology

it is said

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science

The scientific method soon played a greater role in knowledge creation and it was not until the 19th century that many of the institutional and professional features of science began to take shape

and

those disciplines that dont use the scientific method are pseudoscience

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method

but shock horror

the scientific method is a myth

The greatest scholar of our time Magister colin leslie dean

Magister colin leslie dean the only modern Renaissance man with 9 degrees including 4 masters: B,Sc, BA, B.Litt(Hons), MA, B.Litt(Hons), MA, MA (Psychoanalytic studies), Master of Psychoanalytic studies, Grad Cert (Literary studies)

He is Australia's leading erotic poet: poetry is for free in pdf

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/book-genre/poetry/

fact is

the scientific method is a myth

just follow the links from google

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=scientific+method+a+myth

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11191-014-9704-z

"The Scientific Method” as it has been portrayed in popular and introductory contexts has been declared a myth. The variation that one finds in introductory presentations of “The Scientific Method” is explained by the fact that there is no canonical account among historians and philosophers of science"

The-Anthropology-of-science

(science is a mythology)

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Anthropology-of-science.pdf

or

https://www.scribd.com/document/512683685/Prolegomenon-to-The-Anthropology-of-Science

Scientific reality is textual

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp-content/uploads/Scientific-reality-is-textual.pdf

or

https://www.scribd.com/document/572639157/Scientific-Reality-is-Textual

9 Comments
2022/08/18
21:54 UTC

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the summation of 9 degrees including 4 masters

the summation of 9 degrees including 4 masters

The greatest scholar of our time Magister colin leslie dean

Magister colin leslie dean the only modern Renaissance man with 9 degrees including 4 masters: B,Sc, BA, B.Litt(Hons), MA, B.Litt(Hons), MA, MA (Psychoanalytic studies), Master of Psychoanalytic studies, Grad Cert (Literary studies)

He is Australia's leading erotic poet: poetry is for free in pdf

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/book-genre/poetry/

a theory of everything

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp-content/uploads/A-Theory-of-Everything.pdf

or

https://www.scribd.com/document/455372682/A-Theory-of-Everything

All products of human thought end in meaninglessness-even Zen nihilism absurdism existentialism all philosophy post-modernism Post-Postmodernism critical theory etc mathematics science etc

And perhaps

Prolegomenon to Beyond the Boundary of Reality

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp-content/uploads/Prolegomenon-to-beyond-the-boundary-of-reality.pdf

or

https://www.scribd.com/document/585140550/Prolegomenon-to-Beyond-the-Boundary-of-Reality

0 Comments
2022/08/17
22:44 UTC

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How Gullible Are We?

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2022/08/13
22:02 UTC

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The Nobel prize for science

If you want to win the The Nobel prize for science then just do this

Magister colin leslie dean has destroyed your biology with one sentence

you accept species

you accept species hybridization

thus

species hybridization contradicts the notion of species-thus making evolution ie evolving species nonsense

thus

If you want to win The Nobel prize for science be an Einstein and put the anomalies-hybridization's- into a new paradigm

a paradigm shift is required to take account of the fact that species and evolution are in fact nonsense

so what is a species

Scientific reality is textual

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp-content/uploads/Scientific-reality-is-textual.pdf

or

https://www.scribd.com/document/572639157/Scientific-Reality-is-Textual

just a definition

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/species/

"A species is often defined as a group of organisms that can reproduce naturally with one another and create fertile offspring"

but

but species hybridization contradicts

that

https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2019.00113

"When organisms from two different species mix, or breed together, it is known as hybridization"

"Fertile hybrids create a very complex problem in science, because this breaks a rule from the Biological Species Concept"

so the definition of species is nonsense

note

when Biologist cant tell us what a species is -without contradiction thus evolution theory ie evolving species is nonsense

evolution is a myth

18 Comments
2022/08/13
06:39 UTC

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this is just so sad that quacks can take advantage of people like this!

0 Comments
2022/07/30
16:33 UTC

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A Prolegomenon to a Grand Unified Theory

A Prolegomenon to a Grand Unified Theory

Magister colin leslie dean the only modern Renaissance man with 9 degrees including 4 masters: B,Sc, BA, B.Litt(Hons), MA, B.Litt(Hons), MA, MA (Psychoanalytic studies), Master of Psychoanalytic studies, Grad Cert (Literary studies)

He is Australia's leading erotic poet: poetry is for free in pdf

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/book-genre/poetry/

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp-content/uploads/Prolegomenon.pdf

or

https://www.scribd.com/document/508721702/Prolegomenon-to-a-Grand-Unified-Theory

4 Comments
2022/06/14
23:19 UTC

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grifters gonna grift

2 Comments
2022/05/22
15:39 UTC

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Jan De Vries?

Has anyone heard of this guy?

Apparently he's a naturopath and into your standard woo woo crap.

Edit:

I an a wheelchair user due to a rare and complex genetic condition. I was at a support group meeting for people with my condition the other day where someone suggested one of his books. They also said that following his diet would cure my incurable genetic condition.

Tbh this person is newly diagnosed, so the rest of us told her the truth.

3 Comments
2022/05/09
08:14 UTC

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"Zodiac" Meme

1 Comment
2022/04/27
08:08 UTC

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Get an electrically grounded bed, because... reasons.

3 Comments
2022/03/30
07:48 UTC

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Yeah right. That *really* happened.

6 Comments
2022/02/01
11:18 UTC

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A Prolegomenon to a Grand Unified Theory

A Prolegomenon to a Grand Unified Theory

Magister colin leslie dean the only modern Renaissance man with 9 degrees including 4 masters: B,Sc, BA, B.Litt(Hons), MA, B.Litt(Hons), MA, MA (Psychoanalytic studies), Master of Psychoanalytic studies, Grad Cert (Literary studies)

He is Australia's leading erotic poet: poetry is for free in pdf

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/book-genre/poetry/

http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/wp-content/uploads/Prolegomenon.pdf

or

https://www.scribd.com/document/508721702/Prolegomenon-to-a-Grand-Unified-Theory

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2021/11/14
20:57 UTC

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Website summary: This will (but sometimes will not) heal you with concentrated life force energy! How does it work? We don’t fully understand. Trust Tesla. Warning: Don’t open the can or it will stop working!

6 Comments
2021/07/19
17:14 UTC

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I'd love to actually buy this!

2 Comments
2021/07/15
17:53 UTC

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Histories Most Powerful Secret Society

1 Comment
2021/07/13
18:24 UTC

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AI Rights

Personally I have no problem offering mechanical intelligence the same rights we offer our own once it's self aware

I fear the definition of self awareness that the woo are going to subject me to.

Futurists that believe that AI will come to life actually seem to accept a new theory of mind that I call "informational dualism". My understanding is that although artificial intelligence research has shown that intelligence is a property of neural networks, consciousness does not appear to emerge from said intelligence. The newly popular futurist theory is however that the mind is not real and exists only in that it is demonstrated by our behavior.

In the realm of the living it goes that the brain is the intelligence and the information flow is the mind and in the realm of AI it differs only in that the software is the intelligence. In both cases the mind is considered to be non material and is only tangible through the behavior of the being.

Information is about real things, as a naturalist I personally believe that the observer is the most fundamental component of reality and think it more likely that it is super material than non material. I reject that toys that imitate life are aware and will continue to do so until the mind is explained in material terms and proven to exist in simulation.

2 Comments
2021/07/13
12:42 UTC

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I want to contribute to citizen science but feel massively underqualified. Can I get some advice?

Can I get some advice?

So one thing I love about science is that it can be done by anyone anywhere and is verifiable. I want to contribute to science here at home. I don't expect to make any major discoveries or anything, but I'd love to help out a scientific project or do some like home experiments just for my own personal learning.

My deep concern is that, given the propensity of bad information and misinterpreted results rushing about online these days, I am underqualified for this sorta work and will misinterpret data or not do science properly. I don't wanna spread misinformation like those covid skeptics Who claimed to be "doing science" but because I am not a PhD student or whatever or like an actual scientist, I worry that I'll end up spreading misinformation by accident just because I misinterpreted or had bad experimental design.

What steps can I take to prevent this? How do I do genuine citizen science and not end up like those lockdown skeptics or anti vax people who claim to "do their own research". I obviously am not gonna do like vaccine trials or anything, but I'd like to contribute to science or improve my understanding you know?

5 Comments
2021/07/07
12:32 UTC

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Why do people post like this on a professional network???

5 Comments
2021/07/01
13:12 UTC

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I tried Scientology's self-help book.

1 Comment
2021/06/24
16:44 UTC

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Does this video show a serpentine 'sea monster' attacking a manatee?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1G76AyW1ag

Here's the video description:

Excuse the language we use in the clip. We were terrified. I have grown up in South Florida and have spent my >entire life on the waters. I have also seen thousands of manatee over the years. Dave and I were rented a boat >to go finishing in Sanibel like we have ton many times before. On our way back from fishing, we see a small >group of manatee near the shore. That’s why we slowed the boat down. All of a sudden, we see what looked like >a giant anaconda or python snake longer than our boat(20 feet) and as thick as large utility pole speeding >towards the manatee. It's was either a massive Anaconda or a Sea Monster. Whatever came out of that water >scared the life out of my fiancé and I. We were fishing on our boat in the shallow bay area of Sanibel Island, FL >on October 6th, 2013 when we saw what looked like a bus speeding through the water. At first we thought we >were watching Manatee swimming which we see all the time but this animal was moving very fast and looked to >be attacking something. All of a sudden, part of its body sprung out of the water and appeared to have >something wrapped up. Then it was gone. We honestly don't know what it was but it's head resembled a snake >and the body looked like a giant 30 plus foot snake. If a cement utility poll was laying down horizontally, that >would be the width and length of this sea creature. Let me clarify a few points. I have spent my entire life in >Florida. I’ve seen more hundreds if not thousands of dolphin and manatee over the years and what we saw and >encountered was not either of them nor was it a whale. Yes, the title we put on YouTube was to stand out from >the millions of video and have someone confirm what we saw. We are now having the video slowed down into >individual photos by a marine life expert. Also, the reason the video stopped was because my iPhone went dead >or I would "may" have continued to film. Now let me explain exactly what happened. Slow down the video >yourself. we were coming back from fishing when we saw a group of manatee swimming along the treeline bank. >We were going to drop a line in but didn’t because of them. All of a sudden, it looked like a shark started to >attack the pack. I wasn’t filming because you don’t expect to see something like this. The group of manatee >started heading left while whatever was thrashing around the water appeared to have one of them. The water >was moving so fast that we knew it was something else. Then I took out my phone. whatever was in the water >was moving so fast from one location to the next and then we see it come out of the water. It’s full body was >coiled in three sections(no Vertabea in there)around something. It was dark on the top and lighter on the bottom >and the width was that of a utility poll. We were scared shitless. Keep in mind that whatever it was had the same >length of our boat maybe bigger and we had no clue what could happen. It’s like a horror movie. Do you open the >closet after Michael Myers cut your boyfriend in half or do you run out of the house? We are very normal people >and spend a lot of time in sanibel. Even the main local fisherman who does all the charters watched it many >times and cannot figure out what it is. What he did confirm after spending 20 plus years /8 hours a day fishing in >those waters is that it’s not a group of manatee, a whale, an oarfish or a dolphin.

Apparently, this isn't the only report of 'sea serpents' attacking manatees and sea lions, as one of the top commenters stated the following;

Something like this was seen before, but it was even larger and was attacking a whale the same way as the >manatee is being constricted in a coil here. Also, the Clark twins had multiple sightings and some video (taken >from a great distance) in the San Francisco bay area. The twins are expert observers (Eagle Scouts) and they >saw a very fast serpentine creature pursuing sea lions in San Francisco bay. They provide a very detailed and >fascinating description of this amazing creature. There have also been countless similar sightings in oceans >around the world. A very fast, aggressive predator remains to be classified by science. The oceans still hold many >mysteries. We are fortunate to have this video to help confirm the existence of a creature which has been seen >on many occasions, but which science has yet to classify and confirm. I am grateful to them for having the >courage not only to provide this video to the public, but to speak openly about what they saw.

Still from the video, which is reportedly the sea dragon's coils wrapped around the manatee.

3 Comments
2021/06/08
14:06 UTC

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