It's related to the idea of a material universe, from which consciousness somehow paradoxically arises, so that consciousness is an illusion while everything unfolds according to dead-matter principles of physics.
This leads to the idea that the body is a deterministic system, like a car, and that the outcomes of this system are purely dependent on physical inputs (ignoring the mind completely).
This leads to beliefs like that the body will fall apart unless you take it to a mechanic; that health is not something you create; that you need to get injected with health from the outside, and that you desperately need doctors for survival.
None of these ideas are true, and they are in fact highly detrimental (i.e. you need doctors because you believe this).
Fundamentally, germ theory contains a grain of truth (viruses and bacteria are found where there's illness) but the relationship is much less causal than we think (a virus does not directly cause illness, instead its presence is an opportunity to enter a disease process which the person and their body accepts or rejects).
How did the Black Plague kill 1/3 of people? Why not everyone? Why did it not affect many who were directly exposed and cared for those who were infected and ended up dead?
Superior immune systems? Determinism? Genes? Or does a person's mental state play a role here?
How is the universe constructed? Does the tail wag the dog (matter creates consciousness), or does the dog wag the tail (consciousness creates matter)?
Germ theory is a hoax, but colds and flus are real? Am I missing something here?
It's related to the idea of a material universe, from which consciousness somehow paradoxically arises, so that consciousness is an illusion while everything unfolds according to dead-matter principles of physics.
This leads to the idea that the body is a deterministic system, like a car, and that the outcomes of this system are purely dependent on physical inputs (ignoring the mind completely).
This leads to beliefs like that the body will fall apart unless you take it to a mechanic; that health is not something you create; that you need to get injected with health from the outside, and that you desperately need doctors for survival.
None of these ideas are true, and they are in fact highly detrimental (i.e. you need doctors because you believe this).
Thanks that makes a little more sense. I’m just not familiar with this.
Fundamentally, germ theory contains a grain of truth (viruses and bacteria are found where there's illness) but the relationship is much less causal than we think (a virus does not directly cause illness, instead its presence is an opportunity to enter a disease process which the person and their body accepts or rejects).
How did the Black Plague kill 1/3 of people? Why not everyone? Why did it not affect many who were directly exposed and cared for those who were infected and ended up dead?
Superior immune systems? Determinism? Genes? Or does a person's mental state play a role here?
How is the universe constructed? Does the tail wag the dog (matter creates consciousness), or does the dog wag the tail (consciousness creates matter)?