• Squids@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    man what the hell is that article on? It starts off explaining the pot roast principle which ok that makes sense (it’s that we often do things not because of logic but simply we were taught to do so by our parents), but then it says that a message to take away from the story is that “persistence is a virtue” which I mean I guess but you’re kinda missing the point? But then in the very next sentence where it says “sometimes things we take as fact are just superstition” it goes “and we should consider prayer as a healthcare alternative” and compares listening to only medical science as like cutting the ends off a pot roast. Not like “superstitions hang around for a reason though and there’s perhaps some minor psychological value in these harmless cultural things” or “people who strongly believe in something tend to report more positively in negative times” or even god forbid “have you considered that prayer is like cutting pot roast ends?”, straight up “have you tried asking God for help? When was the last time you did that huh? Why are you treating God like a teabag that’s pretty ungrateful you dick”

    I’m guessing you probably didn’t mean for that to be the message (this article is weirdly the first to pop up when you google the term) but uh, maybe you should vet your articles? Unless you’re really trying to say we should try praying for lemmy to succeed

    • The KraKEN @lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      To be honest I picked the first result on Google, half-heartedly scanned it to make sure it actually told the story about the roast and went “good enough”

      I just went back to reread it and I’m kind of horrified now. Going to have to edit in a less insane link.