How do you deal with people you know when they made pseudo scientific claims?
The reason I ask is a co-worker was telling me yesterday about this Scio machine his wife bought. It's just another name for a biofeedback machine which I already know is a load of crap and takes little research to find this out. He started talking about "quantum energy" and how it cured his nephew of ADHD by infusing some water with a specific wavelength of energy that you then drink and it treats you.
My immediate gut reaction was to tell him he's a moron, but I knew this approach wouldn't get me anywhere and it's not really my nature anyway. I've tried the calm, rational approach with him before on a different ridiculous claim that I can't remember anymore and it got me nowhere.
So how do you deal with people with these beliefs? Ignorance is bliss seems the easiest solution, however it seems wrong to not try and talk to him as who knows how many people his wife is claiming to "treat".
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