Good and Bad Ideas xkcd.com/2929
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Good and Bad Ideas xkcd.com/2929
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It's actually been shown to be a very effective treatment for certain digestive problems. Idea is that you replace/augment a patient's gut bacteria with a donors healthy bacteria. There's some evidence that it may help with depression, but it's probably been overhyped by some 'wellness' influencers.
I do like the bit about eating citrus at sea. It was the result of one of the first clinical trials. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L...
I'm an ecologist and used them to treat my wife's depression. Turns out I cured her Bipolar Disorder. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/UPTJQ...
They put one in near where I live in Olympia, WA. shocked us all with how well it worked to fix the traffic.
Square pizza in Rome is a good idea though you might think it a bad one if you come from Napoli www.amazon.com/Pizza-Season...
Title text: "While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake." Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/2929#Transcript