Scams

[stefanovic]

I was thinking more about the “anti ageing” cohort and their kin. Full of made up words and even more made up science.

Anyone who comes up with a proven anti-ageing cream will be an instant trillionaire.
The laws of thermodynamics in physics (in particular the 2nd law) prove beyond doubt that you cannot halt the ageing process.
People will still make absurd claims and it makes me wonder why it's all outside the legal law.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I read it in a book.

That goes for most stuff that I know.

I've read a lot of stuff.

I've got one of those university things to prove that I've read and retained stuff.

Will that do?

Thatll do send me your bank details

 

[Alan Clifford]

Couple of girls working a scam on single men at local supermarkets to me. They get you into your car and whilst one has sex with you on the front seat the other is in the back nicking your wallet from your jacket. I've got caught two weeks ago, last Tuesday, yesterday, this morning and will probably fall for it again sometime this weekend.

Obviously you buy your wallets at the local market at 10 bob a dozen.

 

[Voyager EMH]

The scammer and fraudster Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced yesterday to 11 years and 3 months in jail.
She will not be imprisoned and begin her sentence until April next year.

She appeared to be in pursuit of the fame and glamour of a successful scientist and entrepreneur to a far greater extent than the financial gain.
Her disregard for the financial losses of others and her persistent lying mark her out as having a criminal mind.

She says she regrets her wrongdoing "with every cell of my body".
I am unconvinced that this regret is for what she did to others. In my view, she regrets the ultimate outcome to her.

She is an interesting psychological study.

 

[stefanovic]

In your toolkit for spotting a health and wellbeing scam should be Ben Goldacre's book 'Bad Science'.
He debunks such things as homeopathy and detox.
Bad Science (Goldacre book) - Wikipedia

Interesting how celebrity endorsements and higher prices will promote sales.

 

[srixon 1]

Surely the biggest scam out there is the cosmetics industry?

It’s clear that the golf industry has learned from cosmetics companies.

Make outlandish claims, make up words and make it sound like science and people just lap it up.

Billion dollar scam.

What’s that over there on the beach, whale vomit? I know, we’ll dilute it down, stick it in a bottle and call it perfume. ?

 

[Alan Clifford]

Surely the biggest scam out there is the cosmetics industry?

It’s clear that the golf industry has learned from cosmetics companies.

Make outlandish claims, make up words and make it sound like science and people just lap it up.

Billion dollar scam.

"make up" words

 

[stefanovic]

With the World Cup now underway, I think we'll see a lot of sports drinks.

Quote:
According to a 2012 report in Harvard Health Publications, the amount spent on sports drinks in the United States alone annually exceeds $1.5 billion. That’s an awful lot of money spent worrying about a problem—depleted electrolytes—that is largely created by the companies offering its solution.
Companies like Gatorade, Powerade and Vitamin Water commission the studies that are responsible for much of the data that suggests sports drinks are superior to water for hydration. Think that doesn’t sound like a particularly powerful lobby? Well, Gatorade is owned by PepsiCo and Powerade and Vitamin Water by the Coca-Cola Company.
They spend tens of millions trying to figure out the most effective way to get Americans to part with the $60 billion we spend on sugary drinks annually. The truth is, it has nothing to do with health—it is to do with money. If you want to be healthy, drink some water and have a banana after a workout. If you want to shrink your wallet and expand your waistline, guzzle sports drinks.