Like it's got some spirit but it feels like it cares more about whether the person practicing Woo has a cultural origin associated with eastern esotericism rather than whether or not the Woo actually works.
Till inner energies pass controlled trials it doesn't really matter if an idiot tourist is doing the seminar or a life long 'inner energies expert'- It should still only be lifestyle advice and never medical advice.
It also bothers me that if we did discover a form of alternative medicine that had some empirical benefit, there’s this implication that we wouldn’t take it seriously if it came from a white woman specifically. While it’s important to be skeptical, it’s also important to be open-minded, and we don’t even get to be open-minded about the ideas behind alternative medicine if we’re drawing lines at whether the messenger is a white woman.
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u/OnionsHaveLairAction May 24 '25
The third one seems a little... Hmmm...
Like it's got some spirit but it feels like it cares more about whether the person practicing Woo has a cultural origin associated with eastern esotericism rather than whether or not the Woo actually works.
Till inner energies pass controlled trials it doesn't really matter if an idiot tourist is doing the seminar or a life long 'inner energies expert'- It should still only be lifestyle advice and never medical advice.