On the one hand, I celebrate independence in my students

[LeftishBrit]

On the other hand, this evidence-seeking experimental psychologist is a little disconcerted to discover that one of my former students is now a Soul Realignment Practitioner, who claims to make use of her 'natural abilities to access the 5th dimensional plane of information'.

It wasn't me, guv; I don't even know what these things are!

[Archae]

1. People get their pet beliefs...

And nothing will sway them.

"Roundup is poison!"

"Vaccines cause autism!"

"A flying saucer crashed in 1947!"

"My chiropractor cured my asthma!"

"Trump is the greatest President ever!"

Etc...

[Dr Hobbitstein]

3. "Beet pills cured my diabetes" nt

[Archae]

4. I've noticed this lately also.

And BTW, I hate eating beets!

[Dr Hobbitstein]

8. Same. They're gross. nt

[marylandblue]

2. I had my soul realigned once

The Kia dealer did it and my car handled much better after that.

[progressoid]

5. !

[progressoid]

6. '5th dimensional plane of information'.

I know people who accessed that plane in college. But they had the help of some illicit chemical substances.

[Archae]

9. Was that...

When the Moon was in the 7th house, and Jupiter aligned with Mars?

[progressoid]

10. with golden living dreams of visions and mystic crystals revelations

Actually, if memory serves, I think they were listening to King Krimson at the time.

[Nitram]

7. There's big difference between independent thought and junk science.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Maybe they're using that deep psychological insight, with much evidence to back it up, that ...

... "there's one born every minute".