Re:Ask HN: What inspires you to persevere through adversity?
by crazypyro on Sunday January 22, 2017 @03:27PM
(#13457217)
This is nothing special about America. Every culture has its own brand of cure-all objects and systems. In fact, China has significantly more home remedies and cure-all objects (that generally have zero scientific evidence).
Everyone in this thread trying to say general ignorance is something Americans have a monopoly on is silly. It's a human condition, nothing to do with country.
Re:Ask HN: What inspires you to persevere through adversity?
by Normal_gaussian on Sunday January 22, 2017 @05:53PM
(#13458140)
It's definitely part of the human condition, but its also much more prevalent in the USA and as you note China.
Many wealthy European countries have a much more suspicious attitude to health vendors. Then again we often ban their advertisements.
From branded medications to diet books, "health" foods, and trends ad nauseam, there's a pervasive culture of cure-all objects and systems.
Then again, we don't have fine physical understanding of most mind disorders or the medications we use to treat them so if your doctor is effectively throwing darts at a board then why not internet strangers?