Who are the fire-tamers?

(aeon.co)

18 points | by Caiero 1 day ago

5 comments

  • spacington 32 minutes ago
    Never forget:

    For all the little bit of positive results for a placebo there are also negative effects due to noceboeffect.

    Also it's very common in esoterica that if it works it was the healer if it didn't it was something you did wrong.

  • danw1979 1 hour ago
    > Questions inundate my mind: was it real?

    No.

    > Did Mme Abgrall cure the warts?

    No, that was your daughter’s immune system.

    • ErroneousBosh 56 minutes ago
      Gaffa tape works wonders, especially on verrucas.

      Genuinely. It's like magic.

      • MisterTea 2 minutes ago
        I assume you meant Gaffer tape?
  • brohee 32 minutes ago
    Since data is now the plural of anecdote... Frenchman here. Someone I knew fell from his bike without appropriate gear and ended up in the burn ward. His wife was very into the fire tamer thing and sent him a few practitioners...

    He took the morphine.

    On another note, I had respect for Aeon as a publication, and now I got a lot less.

  • philipallstar 37 minutes ago
    Praise the Sun \o/
  • busssard 1 hour ago
    apparently my granddad was afiretamer, but he dies before i got to know him
    • teekert 43 minutes ago
      It's well known that realtors get better deals on their houses, doesn't seem to go like that for fire tamers it would seem.