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by unmole 2579 days ago
Thousands of practitioners and millions of users also believe in the efficacy of Homeopathy. They are convinced that diluting a substance actually increases its potency! It's not very difficult to find examples of millions of people believing in nonsense. The Placebo effect is very real.

Science hasn't disproven the existence of Invisible Pink Unicorns either. But I definitely would hold off on building unicorn crossings untill we actually have evidence.

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Science has, on the other hand, often corroborated common wisdom arising from the yoga tradition.

It's up to you whether to trust the output of the generations before you. In my experience these traditions are rarely categorically wrong.