• sad_detective_man@leminal.space
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    17 hours ago

    I want to find the guy that started all this mambo jambo about fluoride and the pineal gland and I’ll calcify his kneecaps. whatever RFK and his type say about it is obscuring that he just believes in magic. not even cool witchy magic, just heehaw colorado white people magic.

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      17 hours ago

      It’s a case of a little information being dangerous, poor education, and a massive case of Dunning-Kruger.

      Fluoride, at much higher levels than found in drinking water, has some nasty effects on the human body. As the saying goes, the dose makes the poison. But people will hear about that, and think that smaller concentrations just mean that the effect is smaller/slower. A lot of people also want to believe in all sorts of insane conspiracies, so this fits in perfectly.

      If it wasn’t fluoride in the water, it would be (and often is, anyway) some other stupid idea. Like vaccines and autism.