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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 170 points 10 months ago (32 children)

Not saying the OP was banned fairly, but to do the devil's advocate, there's people with PHD in biology or medicine who still don't believe in Evolution. You can always find idiots with PHDs, even in their chosen fields.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 54 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (13 children)

Something like 1/5 of pharmacists believe homeopathy works. How the fuck can you go through that training and still believe in a hyperdilution that's magic if you shake it the right way and never ever touch it with your fingers because that takes the magic away?

(For those who are unfamiliar I'm not even being facetious, this is what homeopaths actually believe)

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Pharmacists and General practitioners believing in homeopathy. Physical Therapists believing in chiropractice. There’s way too many examples. But at least physical therapists don’t tend to have PHDs :D

[–] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Well they do now. Physical therapy changed to a doctoral degree several years ago. You have to get a doctor of physical therapy (DPT) degree plus pass the licensing tests to practice these days.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It's still not an MD, but yes.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

Huh, I don't know if that's true for all countries tbh.

[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Physical Therapists believing in chiropractice

I will never not be mad that chiropracticians have largely avoided the hunt for woo-woo magic crystal retards. Don't get me wrong, some people have managed to find treatment for chronic pain in things like acupuncture and chiropractic care that they couldn't get elsewhere, but most of the time this is presented as equal to physiotherapy despite lacking any scientific support, and the inability for "alternative medicine" to cure or permanently treat people.

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