Other things to be skeptical of: basically any form of woo, rumors, fads, conspiracy theories, extraordinary claims, or anything at all based on the world’s worst method of decision-making, namely faith. That notably includes religion but also other fanaticisms and delusions such as imperialism, racism, quackery, reincarnation, ghosts, spiritism, fortune telling, palm reading, mind reading, precognition, psychokinesis, homeopathy, astrology, objectivism, numerology, “miracle” cures, ESP, UFOs, creationism, climate-change denial, ritual satanic child abuse, anti-vax movements, a host of superstitions, personality cults, jingoism, perpetual motion, climate-change denial, election denial, dowsing, insurance scams, Ponzi schemes, acupuncture, aroma therapy, biorhythms, magic crystals, facilitated communication, chi energy, conversion therapy, graphology, hypnosuggestion, phrenology, eugenics, crop circles, 9/11 trutherism, Chinese traditional “medicine”, feng shui, and the insidious brain parasite that leads people to endlessly obsess over anyone named Kardashian.
Other things to be skeptical of: basically any form of woo, rumors, fads, conspiracy theories, extraordinary claims, or anything at all based on the world’s worst method of decision-making, namely faith. That notably includes religion but also other fanaticisms and delusions such as imperialism, racism, quackery, reincarnation, ghosts, spiritism, fortune telling, palm reading, mind reading, precognition, psychokinesis, homeopathy, astrology, objectivism, numerology, “miracle” cures, ESP, UFOs, creationism, climate-change denial, ritual satanic child abuse, anti-vax movements, a host of superstitions, personality cults, jingoism, perpetual motion, climate-change denial, election denial, dowsing, insurance scams, Ponzi schemes, acupuncture, aroma therapy, biorhythms, magic crystals, facilitated communication, chi energy, conversion therapy, graphology, hypnosuggestion, phrenology, eugenics, crop circles, 9/11 trutherism, Chinese traditional “medicine”, feng shui, and the insidious brain parasite that leads people to endlessly obsess over anyone named Kardashian.