[amscanne]

Oh yes, I hate this kind of thing so much. People have so many pseudoscientific explanations and theories to support whatever random products and practices they like.

I call these “huh, that makes sense” explanations, since that’s often what people say after hearing them. You even used the magic three words above.

[ashtonkem]

The related phenomenon in biology is called the “just so” fallacy; e.g. “X species evolved Y just so that they could do Z”. It’s a comforting story, but it will often lead you astray.