Trivia: some states in the USA (New York, Ohio) specifically exclude sex workers from rape shield laws.

It’s no different than organized religion, because to me that is also “magical thinking.” Plenty of people believe in science AND religion...however, I live in the northeastern US where it is more Christianity-light and not so many fundies or evangelicals. YMMV. For the record, I’m agnostic and was raised with zero…

Like all mystical nonsense, this seems trivial on the surface, but it’s extremely problematic. Sure, you can chalk the experience up to some simple placebo feel goods and “what’s the harm”. The harm is a general belief in magical thinking and distrust of other methods that don’t involve hokum. If this is ok then herbs…

I’m worried how in today’s society, despite the fact that organized religions are on the decline, pseudo-spiritualistic nonsense like tarot, crystals, angels, psychics, mediums, horoscopes, etc seem to be on the increase.

Oprah has a lot to answer for unleashing Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz on us.