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Caustic Autistic

@causticautistic.bsky.social

It's Bluesky—of course I'm on the Left. Here, like so many, to complain about how terrible things are, at least in Murica, and how stupid/evil Republicans are. Apparently my opinions suck and my photography isn't much better. (Gen X, he/they, Chicago.)

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Caustic Autistic@causticautistic.bsky.social · 41m ago

One problem with being a skeptic is that you're always kind of the asshole, especially because so many people into woo—especially those who sell it—have made it such a part of their personality. Another is that it's always on you to "be more open minded," that YOU'RE more likely wrong.

Caustic Autistic@causticautistic.bsky.social · yesterday

As a Chicagoan, I will readily admit NYC has a better public transportation system. But the biggest difference I think about is how New Yorkers get "online" to wait for a bus while in Chicago we just hang out around the stop then rush and crowd the door when the bus shows up.

Caustic Autistic@causticautistic.bsky.social · 2d ago

As an atheist, I'm so gawddam sick of the whole "atheists are better Christians than Christians" trope. It's the No True Christian(/Scotsman) fallacy and continues the notion that "Christian = good person," while watering (True) Christianity down to a humanist philosophy of empathy and respect.

your logical fallacy is no true scotsman You made what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms or flaws of your argument In this form of faulty reasoning one's belief is rendered unfalsifiable because no matter how compelling the evidence is, one simply shifts the goalposts so that it wouldn't apply to a supposedly 'true' example. This kind of post-rationalization is a way of avoiding valid criticisms of one's argument. Example: Angus declares that Scotsmen do not put sugar on their porridge, to which Lachlan points out that he is a Scotsman and puts sugar on his porridge. Furious, like a true Scot, Angus yells that no true Scotsman sugars his porridge.
Caustic Autistic@causticautistic.bsky.social · 2d ago

Unpopular opinion: humans should have to be bored sometimes. I don't think we 21st century people appreciate that for like 99.9% of our existence, we've had to figure out shit to do—or just sit and contemplate. Now, it's almost an imperative to be constantly either consuming or creating content.

MK Forever Blue@mkforeverblue.bsky.social · 3d ago

I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with true boredom. The kind of rainy day in the 70s or 80s with only black & white films on TV, nothing to do on a hot Saturday, or empty time after a school day boredom. There was self discovery, reading, experimentation, play - and joy - in that boredom.

Caustic Autistic@causticautistic.bsky.social · 4d ago

So TIL about "Advanced Biostructural Correction," or "ABC," which is a groundbreaking new method of selling subluxation-based chiropractic woo. Like every new "advance," it was discovered by some chiropractor and claims to treat/cure any-/everything... And, of course, no evidence it works.

ABC is centered around the idea that poor posture, caused by anterior displacement subluxation) of vertebrae, causes compensatory misalignments that predispose the spinal cord to injury from excessive stretching of the meninges (the membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord) Jutkowitz claims that vertebrae that get displaced forward get stuck because there is no muscle to pull them back and that other vertebrae compensate for this by twisting. Jutkowitz describes this as "the maior problem in the human body" and claims to relieve the problem by "unlocking the meninges." [1] His introductory video likens the meninges to a twisted rubber band which compresses the spine, preventing chiropractic adjustments from realigning it [1].The conditions that ABC is claimed to relieve or cure include amyotropic lateral sclerosis, asthma, cerebral palsies, carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical myelopathies, deafness elbow problems, fibromyalgia, heart disease. knee problems, low back pain, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, neck pain, post- traumatic myelopathies, rhizopathies, trigeminal neuralgias, and urinary ncontinence [2-3]. However, no research has validated these claims, and published research shows that the sitting x-ray views upon which his system is based are unreliable [5-8]. The meningeal release procedures do not make piomechanical sense because they are performed with the patient seated upright or with the patient's chest in extension positions that relax the spinal cord. These procedures appear to be mere lateral flexion manipulations of upper cervical spine. There is no long-term evidence that the treatment can improve posture. Because of this, repeat treatments to accomplish what he calls "unwinding" of the spinal cord are unwarranted,.