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The psychology of belief in pseudoscience

Experts: How Lyme disease became a scapegoat
11 Feb 2021

Experts: How Lyme disease became a scapegoat

by LymeScience Editor | posted in: Document repository, Science vs myths | 0

We want an explanation for our problems

Doctor and scientist commentaries, The psychology of belief in pseudoscience
Neurologist explains chronic Lyme false assumptions
12 Oct 2019

Neurologist explains chronic Lyme false assumptions

by LymeScience Editor | posted in: Science vs myths | 0

The psychology of chronic Lyme beliefs

Doctor and scientist commentaries, logical fallacies, The psychology of belief in pseudoscience
The Realities of Alternative Medicine for Serious Illness
19 May 2018

The Realities of Alternative Medicine for Serious Illness

by LymeScience Editor | posted in: Science vs myths | 0

Why are incompetent “Lyme literate” practitioners so appealing?

Doctor and scientist commentaries, The psychology of belief in pseudoscience

Useful Pages

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  • How “Chronic Lyme” Recruits
  • Doctor/Scientist Commentaries
  • The Harms of “Lyme Anxiety”
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  • March for Science Ejects Harmful Cult

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Victims of misinformation may come to believe they have multiple sham infections such as “chronic Lyme”, “chronic tick-borne Bartonella”, “chronic Babesia”, “toxic mold illness”, and Morgellons. Families are spending enormous amounts of time and money on quackery in desperate attempts to treat unrecognized infections, when something else is causing the symptoms.

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