Chi/Ki/Meditation/Acupuncture

[Ben Davis]

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I think it's all bs to be honest. Just watch this.





That dude could not be more dead.

I guess acupuncture is used in "pressure points." Yes I'm aware there are some pressure points but I'm talking about the charts that show hundreds of acupuncture points that supposedly when touched by needles cure all kinds of ailments.

I feel like westerners aren't critical enough of eastern pseudoscience since it's seen as exotic.

Yeah, I know meditation is meant to clear your head but I don't think you'll become more enlightened by sitting in a room full of candles chanting om over and over again.

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It's not all b.s., acupuncture & acupressure can be used to treat some ailments. For example, I use acupressure (points on my hands) to help relieve headaches. The real issue is when these methods are touted as 'holistic' or when claims are made that they can counter certain serious conditions: no number of needles in your nervous meridians are going to treat progressive lymphoma. You're right that there's a lot of misinformation out there and the esotericism of some of the cultural aspects of those methods protect them from rational enquiry (for reasons I can't quite understand!). IMO, we should get the real research done, find out when these treatments are useful and get some proper info out in to the public consciousness.