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The Skeptics Guide #908 - Dec 3 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Is Acupuncture the Real Thing?

The BMJ published a study that says it works based on the most shit data you could possibly imagine. If this were anything other than acupuncture, there is no way you would get a major journal to publish this data and claim that the treatment works. It's just a complete scam that's being inflicted upon the public. A total scam. The BMJ is, is they cannot, they cannot see this. No, academic medicine has completely turned a blind eye to this. My own profession. Wow. That white spread. Fails. What a world. Scandal.

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