Water Woo

[6_bleen_7]

My sister-in-law recently requested an expert opinion on a e-mail she received from a co-worker. It was a typical quack sales pitch, jam packed with patently ridiculous claims of the miraculous powers of something called "alkaline water." Between the vague, unsupported claims and the perpetuation of myths ("By the time you feel thirst, the damage

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[tacit]

"tautologies are provided, as well-but only for tautological purposes." Brilliant!

The only problem with this analysis is that it will not reach the people who most need to see it. I can imagine the person credulous enough to buy this "miracle water" getting glassy eyes before the third paragraph, and finally just waiving his hands and saying "He's using technical-sounding gobbledygook to try to supporess non-traditional medicine" or something equally asinine. The folks who buy this stuff are folks who want to believe.

[6_bleen_7]

Thanks! Yeah, I know, it's an uphill-nay, damn near vertical-battle. It's the classic Conspiracy of Big Science gambit, which has also spawned that piece of dreck Expelled.

[6_bleen_7]

Frogs? Sorry, didn't get the reference. Do frogs need an alkaline environment?

Say, did you accept that job offer for the big bucks?