Irelephant@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWhat popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?message-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareWhat popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?Irelephant@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squaremenemen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoI mean isn’t it obviously homoeopathy and a significant part of the rest of alternative medicine (not all of it I guess). It is a billion euro business in Germany alone.
minus-squareashok36@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThere’s a word for alternative medicine that works. It’s “medicine”. I forget the attribution.
minus-squaretheonyltruemupf@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoTim Minchin said it in “Storm” but I don’t think he coined the term.
I mean isn’t it obviously homoeopathy and a significant part of the rest of alternative medicine (not all of it I guess). It is a billion euro business in Germany alone.
There’s a word for alternative medicine that works. It’s “medicine”.
I forget the attribution.
Tim Minchin said it in “Storm” but I don’t think he coined the term.