Friday, January 20, 2023

Limits of positivity


In light of the grifters, The Secret. With this dismantling, thanks to this podcast of If books could kill By Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri, Along with what is written before.

Rhonda Byrnes “the secret” really show the limits of placebo.

Placebo is a tool, in as much as time. Not a shortcut.

Pain physiotherapy is where it shines the most, for posture and other ills. With mise en place.

Physical engineering of the body, with the best placebo wrapped around. Playing with, not against.

Yet, positive thinking can't hold bridges up. No evidence for the law of attraction, that I know of.