• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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      There are 8 billion people in the world. Half of those are dumber than the other half. It makes sense that a few of those would succumb to quackery. That’s what makes snake oil so valuable!

      • Sixty@sh.itjust.works
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        I’m reading this after just finishing a video about asteroid hunters getting chased off by tribal villagers who thought the space rock full of arsenic seeping into their ground water was actually a curse and wouldn’t let them remove the rock poisoning their ground water in case they made god mad. Animal sacrifices ensue, and the wind didn’t blow, so dig it - oops the corrupt government showed up after all the fear waffling.