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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by AlecSchueler on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:26PM (#35139117)
The use of tarot cards as therapeutic projectives is actually backed by science though, [1] and more and more practitioners are making use of them in clinical settings [2].

You're jumping to call it quackery without having an open mind. That's not science, that's prejudice.

1: https://www.academia.edu/442955/Tarot_As_a_Projective_Techni...

2: https://psychcentral.com/pro/using-tarot-in-psychotherapy

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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by benj111 on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:34PM (#35139273)
Is it ok for doctors to give sugar pills for ailments too? They're shown to be effective for a variety of ailments.

Tarot reading goes hand in hand with reading people's fortune. I don't see how you can separate the 2 and therefore have an ethically acceptable treatment, and that's assuming the placebo isn't entirely based on the fortune reading expectation.

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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by AlecSchueler on Monday March 13, 2023 @01:44PM (#35139452)
Is it ok for a doctor to use a rorsach test? You know the patient's father isn't actually depicted on there, it's just a random blot of ink.

Tarot as fortune telling is only something I've seen used for entertainment purposes. In the clinical setting I've only seen them used as projectives.

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Re:Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had th... by benj111 on Monday March 13, 2023 @03:39PM (#35141285)
Tarot cards can't just be used as a projective because of their history. They are associated with fortune telling.

Denying that is like walking around with a swastika armband telling anyone who calls you a nazi that it's got nothing to do with the Nazis. Even if you're a Buddhist you still have to accept there an association there.

That is the problem with tarot cards. Some people are going to think you are reading their fortune, no matter how much you preface it.

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