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Session 2 Steve Lawyer on Science & Pseudoscience

The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt Cicoria

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The Dangers of Alternative Medicine

Pseudoscience fills a gap in areas where we don't have bona fide interventions, he says. "Hope springs eternal when it comes to the types of problems that people run into" It makes sense for someone with great confidence to sell a product they think can help you, even though there's no evidence and nothing else to grab onto,. He adds: People are very vulnerable to claims that lack any empirical support whatsoever because they're desperate.

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