• GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk
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    5 months ago

    The minor saving grace of homeopathy (I can’t believe I’m saying this), is that it can give hope, and the downstream effect of positive emotion can help people recover more quickly. (link)
    Where this falls apart, are cases where the money being charged for this positivity are extortionate, where people are encouraged to only seek alternative medicine, and where the effects are treated as something other than helping you feel better.

    It’s downright distressing when you see somebody forgoing treatment that has a good chance of actually curing things, because someone is actively selling them on homeopathic benefits far greater than feeling better.

    Edit: I just realised, I’m not on my home instance, I’m on a skeptic board. So I will clarify, I do think it’s a bunch of quack, but belief in it may help some people.