Magnetic Glasses?

Oh the wonderful world of woo.

Quite frankly I almost feel a bit morally distraught over this. I wanted to tell them that, 'hey! You know that you're wasting your money on pseudoscience on something that provides nothing beyond a placebo and you're better off seeking actual medical attention immediately!', however, I need to keep my job.

How would you have handled this? Have you ever run into anything like this before?

Just thought I'd share. ^_^

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[uire23]

"nothing beyond a placebo"

And how's that bad? Placebo effects are often quite powerful, as you probably should know.

"you're better off seeking actual medical attention"

What, exactly, was wrong with the person?

[Panman38]

I have magnets on my fridge. Makes the food taste better.

But seriously your situation sounds like the dilemma venomfangx had as to whether or not to preach his beliefs to his customers. I say leave it alone.

[omnissient]

Why is it that superstitious stuff is always so obviously false. I mean a magnet drawing iron into your brain? Why not at least pretend that its actual medicine. Like a pill that is supposed to have ingredients and is claimed to be tested where its not.

[fredgwg]

These magnetic glasses are nonsense of course... But talking about glasses, did you start wearing glasses recently?

[Kailoa36]

I'm so glad I'm in academia. I'm mostly cheery anyway but I love cranky to much to be in retail. Do I run into to Woo? I go to a Unitarian Church, I run into a lot of woo. There I'm polite but firm. On the street I'm free to crank up the cranky.

[Desertphile]

Oh good bloody gods. "Magnetic eye glasses." GODS that's funny! Maybe I'll start selling "Strong nuclear interaction" eye glasses.

[ShallowBeThyGames]

I was chatting to a friend of mine the other day, I've always thought her to be reasonably astute.

I was flabbergast when she said I ought make sure I put the lid down on the toilet and plug the bath and basins... Because "you lose money down the drain"

Supposed to be Fung-Shui.

[clay6709]

There is a whole industry based on magnetic products from magnetic underlays for the bed to belts and bracelets and many more. I've given up trying to convince people that these things do nothing as those open to suggestion will swear blind that they work. Some of these people are intelligent in other ways. Go figure...

[laraesque]

unobtrusive

[laraesque]

(cont'd) vehemence of my warnings. With strangers, I would not give unsolicited advice. Even with friends, it needs to be offered gently and with compassion, since you may be treading on dearly held beliefs. Even when you want to warn them to protect them from harm. My sister is attracted to every new fad in snake oil for physical and mental issues, and I cringe. Nonetheless, carefully meted out education can open doors. Alarms and warnings can close minds.

[laraesque]

You asked how we had handled things like this, and in my opinion, I've handled it badly, even with friends. Many of my friends go to chiropractors, which do a lot of inobtrusive things but also some that have the potential for long term damage, despite apparent short-term relief. I've tried them a few times on recommendation of friends, finding them to be quacks who have hurt me badly with no diagnostic work-up. When warning friends about the quackery, I've offended them because of the. . .

[LeopardFrogPilboxhat]

The actual magnetism of the heme group in iron is so weak.

It's one single atom of iron in the middle of a huge two complex protein. It's not even worth mentioning. hemoglobin weights ~17000 daltons. An iron atom weighs ~56 daltons, lol

They've actually exposed living things to magnetic fields hundreds of times stronger than any permanent earth magnet can get and whoops no effect.