Questions for Pseudoscience | Crystal Healing (ft. AddictedtoIgnorance)

Oh boy them crystal people getting the Chad treatment today.

I love crystals, not because their “healing powers.” it’s because their shiny and fun.

Yeah, I can feel the energy of this Uranium rocks

Who would have guessed having someone calmly speak to you, provide a comfortable environment, and caringly touch you would make you feel happy?

People are so critical. Crystals DO WORK. It’s called crack.

What's scarier, a crystal healer that fully believes in what there doing, or a crystal healer scammer?

Wait so..if my electric toothbrush has a vibrational frequency, does that mean it’s alive? Damn!

As a microbiologist, she made me laugh so hard

You can use crystals for healing; sell them and pay a Dr

To quote Professor Dave: "There are no organisms made of 100% silicon. If something is made of 100% silicon, IT IS SILICON."

I was waiting for surgery on a cyst in my hand. My colleague wanted me to put a crystal in my pocket. I humoured him. He was shocked the next day when I still had my cyst. I was bewildered that an educated person could be so dim.

As a primary school teacher, I spend alot (ALOT) of time teaching kids how to spot fallacies. I consider it to be the first line of defence to bullshit (like this).

I study biology, and seeing what is basically biology fanfiction will never not be funny and tragic to me.

So basically Crystals do have energy... of souls of the damned who died mining them.

Can't we just appreciate the beauty and mystery of crystals? Or the excitement of finding these gems?

I love crystals and I’m so tired of seeing endless crystal pseudoscience sites when trying to find actual scientific information about them

Only problem I have is whenever I wanna buy a cool looking mineral I have to pay extra because “magic rock go brrrr”

LSD is a white crystal with a melting point of approximately 85 C. and a molar mass of 323.440 g/mol . I have found the LSD crystal to have definite healing properties when placed gently on the tongue.

The placebo effect reminds me of a story from Untold Stories of the ER. A patient came in with abdominal pain, and the ER doc diagnosed it as some ailment that would need to be treated at the hospital. The patient believed that her ailment was caused by a curse and refused treatment until she could be sure that the curse was lifted; she believed that as long as the curse was in effect, any medical treatment would fail. The ER doc ultimately called in a witch doctor of the patient’s religion so that an curse-breaking ritual could be formed. After the ritual, the patient accepted medical treatment. The woman more than likely wasn’t cursed, but since she believed she was, the witch doctor became an important part of her treatment plan.

Fun fact, some rocks actually do have auras. It's just that those rocks are radioactive, and their aura is death.