Quantum Woo
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Description
Quantum physics is weird, complicated, sometimes mysterious and is often used as a scam explanation for products and services that don't work. The claim that a bracelet or spray will give you amazing athletic abilities because it uses quantum entanglement can sound convincing, if you have no idea what quantum entanglement is.
Here are some terms that you should watch out for in order to spot quantum woo:
Quantum, energy, entanglement, uncertainty, non-local, observation/observer effect, particle, wave, vibration, spatial, field.
Example
Of course you can heal a person by sticking needles in them! It works by the quantum entanglement of antiquark particle berilium nitrate spectography matrix of Hilbert uncertainty positron plumbus wubba lubba dub dub going on a year now and ain't nothing twixt my nethers that ain't been run on batteries.
Famous Examples
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It is a place where there is something called the observer effect, or the power of intention, which means intention is very powerful when brought to this space and it orchestrates its own fulfillment – what people call the law of attraction – so those are wonderful qualities of your own spirit.
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Meditation makes the entire nervous system go into a field of coherence.
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Karma is only in space, time, and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.
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In the absence of a conscious entity, the moon remains a radically ambiguous and ceaselessly flowing quantum state.
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Scientists claim that quantum theory proves consciousness moves to another universe at death.
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Quantum-Touch is a method of natural healing that works with the Life Force Energy of the body to promote optimal wellness. Life Force Energy, also known as “chi” in Chinese and “prana” in Sanskrit, is the flow of energy that sustains all living beings.
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