Comment on Words truly matter

LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• niktemadur@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Words have powers bordering on magic, I guess is the idea.
  And for many people that’s true, for as long as they are willing to believe that.

  So I guess what I’m saying is that placebos have powers bordering on magic.

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If this is an explanation it doesn’t make it clearer

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    • ArchRecord@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There are people who think that “positive” or “negative” words have a magic-like effect on natural processes.

      From what I’ve seen, this was originally popularized in 2004 by Masaru Emoto’s book “The Hidden Messages in Water,” where part of his claims were that snowflakes would develop differently in containers labeled with negative or positive emotions. Image

      Naturally, this turned out to be a complete lie, but many people, such as those in the original post, still believe that words can somehow influence things like mold development on food.

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      • gens@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I watched a youtube video about it. It’s temperature that dictates how a snowflake looks. Simple as that.

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      • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thank you. The thing I was missing was the fact that the other one had mold.

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  • UNY0N@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well that’s an opinion I xan get behind, placebos are certainly more powerful than common sense would dictate.

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• lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s basically explained in the next sentence. The words we use to each other matter

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So what the fuck is up with the rice??

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    • mikezeman@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They wrote mean words on one jar of rice, nice words on the other, and the one with mean words grew mold, illustrating that you should choose your words carefully. That was their intention at least.

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      • Schmuppes@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I was trying to figure out if the kids had eaten more from one or the other jar. And I thought the green stuff was herbs.

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      • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Oh that’s mold… Thank you.

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