i am also extremely convinced that if i just adjust myself enough there will be a big crack andall of my aches and pains will immediately go away an d I will have perfect posture and i will be cured of mental health and find a million bajillion dollars on the floor and live till im 120

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[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Definitely, and even germ theory is like, not actually very accurate beyond the bare elements of needing some infectious microbe - it doesn't address how social conditions contribute to health with infectious diseases, account for asymptomatic carriers or has any awareness of the role of commensal bacteria, for example.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes it does

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Happy for you to explain how with reference to classic germ theory.

Here is a good journal article that balances the critique of germ theory while dispensing with the idiotic alternative (i.e. that microbes* are not causative agents in infectious disease) - https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319605121

*Is a prion a microbe? Fucking prions.