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Anonymous Fri 13 Sep 16:50:30 2019 No.10969645 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>10969745 >>10969909 >>10971220 >>10971228 >>10971952 >>10972192 >>10972236

Why is "positive thinking" being shilled as something "proven by science" to do all kinds of miracles? Why is this New Age bullshit creeping into scientific conversation?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Sep 2019 17:11:45 No.10969686 Report

Quoted By: >>10969745

Ultimately scientists are as retarded as everyone else

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Sep 2019 17:35:15 No.10969745 Report

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>>10969645
This
>>10969686

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Sep 2019 18:31:22 No.10969909 Report

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>>10969645
Well, we know that the placebo effects is a thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Sep 2019 02:11:18 No.10971220 Report

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>>10969645
it is proved that we're really good deceiving ourselves? well, that

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Sep 2019 02:14:39 No.10971227 Report

Quoted By: >>10971229 >>10971907

>he doesn't know yet human energy is all vibrations like everything else in the universe and positive thinking promotes vibes of compassion/contentment which has a magnetizing effect on other people

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Sep 2019 02:15:14 No.10971228 Report

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>>10969645
>What’s a placebo effect

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Sep 2019 02:16:12 No.10971229 Report

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>>10971227
Timesand?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Sep 2019 09:54:47 No.10971907 Report

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>>10971227
fuck you, your bullshit doesn't make sense and it's not science

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Sep 2019 10:40:05 No.10971952 Report

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>>10969645
It has been proven that acting positive makes your mood improve, which makes you more motivated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Sep 2019 14:13:06 No.10972192 Report

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>>10969645

Same reason that creationists made up shit like ID and Creation Science - you get a lot of cred if you can make Joe Public believe that all them smarty science-men think there might be something to what you're peddling.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 14 Sep 2019 14:40:56 No.10972236 Report

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>>10969645
b/c when we pretend that well being is primarily sustained by controlled thinking, we no longer have to pay attention to the shitty external circumstances that make people miserable to begin with.
It's literally an excuse to not think about or enact public policy for the general welfare.

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