[vwat]

What a great article. It points out that the horrifying diseases of that time were rationalized as being bad luck or divine retribution. People didn’t have any particular desire to get to the bottom of it. Germ theory earned its advocates public lampooning. The things is that it’s exactly the same today. I was reading about how Botox injections have been observed to reduce depression. Doctors claimed that it was because of a feedback loop between frowning muscles and mood. Modern, certified doctors grasped onto this theory with white knuckles, that “frowny face bad.” It’s unbelievable. Obviously follow up studies showed the the location of the injection makes no difference in the anti-depressive effect. It just blows my mind. They always create a theory that does one thing: terminates the line of inquiry. Yes, it’s frowning so there’s nothing more to be seen or done with this. I think subconsciously, it is too emotionally upsetting for them to have to basically go back to the drawing board, rewrite a bunch of basic biology and medicine. There is some kind of mental block there. And just think that thousands and thousands of things like this are around — clues being ignored that could literally save people’s lives and prevent unimaginable suffering. I had psychosis and keto cured it. My doctors literally ignored me when I told them. I asked, should this be looked into? Shouldn’t you be raising the alarm about this weird thing? Shouldn’t we see if it works in other people? No no no... always talking in circles without ever addressing what I’ve said. Science will vindicate me eventually... but in the meantime a whole lot of people will suffer needlessly.