Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

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(47,245 posts) Mon Aug 22, 2022, 07:22 AM Aug 2022

When a scam destroys entire families...

At the Encyclopedia of Loons is an article about a guy who has been pushing "facilitated communication," even though under proper scientific scrutiny it falls apart, completely.

And some of these "facilitators" have destroyed families with fake accusations.

http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2022/08/2559-douglas-biklen.html

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When a scam destroys entire families... (Original Post) Archae Aug 2022 OP

There are a lot of them out there luv2fly Aug 2022 #1

luv2fly

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1. There are a lot of them out there

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Mon Aug 22, 2022, 07:46 AM

Aug 2022

And sadly, taxpayers fund these sort of "therapies" and interventions all over the country without even knowing it. Much of it has to do with poorly informed public service administrators, many of whom have their own agendas and don't give a rat's ass about science.

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