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Phelps Dives Deeper Into the Pseudoscience of Cupping
Michael Phelps, an iconic Olympian, garnered attention not just for his incredible swimming achievements but also for his use and endorsement of cupping therapy. His association with this ancient Chinese practice sparked a surge in public interest and Wikipedia searches. While Phelps initially did not make extraordinary claims about cupping, he later launched his cupping device, entering the market with bold performance and recovery claims. Despite the potential placebo effects, the lack of scientific basis behind cupping raises concerns about promoting pseudoscience, especially when endorsed by influential figures like Phelps.
the same underpinning as pseudosciences such as acupuncture, acupressure, and reiki. If you staunchly believe in such a “universal life force,” even though it’s never been measured, then you not only subscribe to magic as the primary cause of medical ailments but also reject most biological discoveries since the second century BCE. (View Highlight)
Note: this is bullshit - you can believe western science is good but incomplete
we’re still left without a valid mechanism for how the therapy is supposed to work. (View Highlight)
Note: that's your problem buddy
If Phelps believes his own hyperbole, it’s because he’s somehow spent two decades in a high-performance athletics program without learning how the body works. (View Highlight)
Note: omg what an arrogant prick - you don't think michael phelps knows how his body works?
And he’s never had anyone explain it to him. It’s an indictment of Phelps’s support network—his scientists, physicians, coaches, and advisors—that they let him hang out in the evidence-deprived, ethical wasteland of pseudoscience. They’re apparently unconcerned that he’s squandering resources, risking cupping-related burns, and promoting pseudoscience to the mainstream. In other words, the team had to be complicit in sacrificing intellectual integrity for a slight placebo effect that would have been possible with far less costly and less risky interventions. Is this the cost of producing a champion? It surely doesn’t have to be. (View Highlight)
Note: lmao