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Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products

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#21
A data point for the orthogonality of politics and intelligence.

If one is holding to the belief that a certain political stance means people are somehow deficient, it just shows that one is vulnerable to propaganda which dehumanizes and blames a group.

Don't hate the person. Call out the stupid.

Actually, don't hate. It makes you stupid. (Again, this is orthogonal to politics!)

Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products

#22
post #10

I once read an inspiring post from a european user who explained why these companies generally succeed. Namely, that formal treatment and healthcare for the underlying condition targeted by the "wellness" product is prohibitively expensive for American customers, and so snakeoil thrives in the absence of legitimate medical science. you could literally bankrupt these companies in less than a fortnight with single paye…

A large part of the problem is that dietary supplements in the US are basically exempt from truth-in-advertising laws:

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

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#23
Go watch early footage of that infowars nutball when he was an opening act for stand-up comics like Doug Stanhope[0] for the lols. It's unbelievable that droves of people are actually embracing what he spouts/peddles.

Idiocracy[1], we are living it.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTHHBxCqnOA

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lai9QhBibk

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post #16
post #2

I was surprised to see how much money Infowars was making shown in the court documents. "Let us make our prime target market idiots" seems to be a profitable path.

“A fool and his money are soon parted” is a cliché because it’s true. And can be monetized.

I'm sure many pitch decks are composed with this in mind.

Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products

#26

I swear to god this whole simulation is starting to come apart at the seams. Goop ? Someone named a "modern lifestyle brand" company Goop ? And people are actually buying their shit? I think whoever is running the show should just hand the reigns to the Dwarf Fortress guys. At least their bugs are believable.

I swear... the jokes are writing themselves these days.

Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products

#27
post #10

I once read an inspiring post from a european user who explained why these companies generally succeed. Namely, that formal treatment and healthcare for the underlying condition targeted by the "wellness" product is prohibitively expensive for American customers, and so snakeoil thrives in the absence of legitimate medical science. you could literally bankrupt these companies in less than a fortnight with single paye…

That's the kind of thing that sounds very good and logical and is also completely wrong.

Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products

#28

i'm not saying anything about the content of infowars but I can't believe how much money people will spend on "supplements", and pills and artificial products. and yet, somehow don't have any money for fruits, vegetables and beans. i can only imagine, there's something broken in how people are being raised.

Is it “broken” if it was intentionally made to be that way? The American Heart Association reported that heart disease and stroke alone cost the U.S. healthcare system over $200 billion each year. Studies have shown that dietary improvements could save the U.S. billions in healthcare costs.

I’m pretty sure the guys who were gonna pocket all that cash prefer to have paying customers.

Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products

#29

i'm not saying anything about the content of infowars but I can't believe how much money people will spend on "supplements", and pills and artificial products. and yet, somehow don't have any money for fruits, vegetables and beans. i can only imagine, there's something broken in how people are being raised.

Ideas about wellness have been complete bullshit for 99% of human history. I think you could very plausibly argue that we're at an all-time peak of rational thinking about our health despite the existence of Goop.

Re: Infowars and Goop sell the same exact pseudoscientific "wellness" products

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post #19

Huberman is almost as bad which is funny to me because he's regarded as an authority. Worst is the completely useless powder called Athletic Greens that he pushes left and right. There must _really_ be big bucks in supplements and lifestyle products like this, as it's coming just as much from very learned Harvard PhD's as Alex Jones. Currently it's bro science connected to life extension, cold baths, red and blue lig…

His podcast episodes on dopamine and addiction helped me quit cigs and alcohol because i got a clear understanding of how it works. But some of his other stuff is questionable and subjective
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