Hologram bracelets to improve balance.

[woke rider]

I found an EFX Performance Bracelet at the thrift store today for $10 and I bought it! I have always laughed at these things but it was brand new, unopened and so cheap, so I took a chance. Call it placebo but I feel a lot lighter now while riding my EUC! And it's a lot funner too. Anybody else ever tried riding with a hologram bracelet?

[skunkmonkey]

So much of sports is mind over matter that I don’t think it matters if there’s a physics reasoning for it. If it helps you then I say rock it! Worst case, you ride with some flare.

[Cerbera]

5 hours ago, earthtwin said:

Call it placebo but I feel a lot lighter now while riding my EUC! And it's a lot funner too.

I am curious to know how we think that placebo works - has there ever been the slightest connection between the human ability to balance (or not) and a small decorative band placed around one wrist ? How has anybody, ever imagined that a 'hologram' deployed in this way could possibly help ? Reminds of that time in England where people thought they could revive drowning victims by blowing smoke up their arses 

Edited October 6, 2023 by Cerbera

[Eucner]

7 hours ago, earthtwin said:

Anybody else ever tried riding with a hologram bracelet?

I think it is at least as good as rabbit's foot and lucky crystals .

[Phonoman]

This is as real and useful as "no touch" fighting skills and masters. Yes, it's bullshit and yes, for the complete believers it feels like reality. Brains are a wild thing. 

[woke rider]

6 hours ago, Cerbera said:

I am curious to know how we think that placebo works -

Placebo counts for 30% of the efficacy of medication and therapy. That's the same % as many pharmaceuticals. That's why a doctor's bedside manner matters so much, to give their patients hope that a given course of treatment will work. Human beings have been using placebo with actual therapies for a very long time with the Shamans and Catholics. Combining spirituality/placebo with a sport-training or a therapy can be a powerful thing. Scientology has used placebo to great effect.

[Bizra6ot]

You should have bought two, now you're heavier on the side you wear it on

[woke rider]

Very funny.

[Rawnei]

You found a godmod for your body, as long as the placebo is strong enough. 👍

[sbb]

FYI if you turn it upside down you'll feel heavier.  #TrueStory

[OldSolo]

On 10/6/2023 at 12:19 PM, earthtwin said:

Scientology has used BRAINWASHING to FINANCIAL benefit (of the organization).

FIFY

[Mono]

On 10/6/2023 at 2:19 PM, earthtwin said:

Placebo counts for 30% of the efficacy of medication and therapy.

It depends a lot, the 30% number is certainly not true for cancer treatment or antibiotics or the majority of surgical procedures that research has found to be effective.

[woke rider]

The body heals itself. The most healthcare practitioners can hope to be catalysts of healing. Antibiotics are not the silver bullet that they used to be due to resistance. Hospitals are a dangerous places to be because of all the pathogens. https://www.cdc.gov/hai/patientsafety/ar-hospitals.html "One of the biggest risks for getting an antibiotic-resistant infection is staying in a healthcare facility, such as a hospital." Everybody has cancer cells in their body all the time. There is always hope.

Just because an individual recovers after Cancer treatment doesn't mean that it was the treatment that cured them, because it's a logical fallacy to believe that just because one thing happened after the next that the preceding event caused the following. They might have gotten well on their own without the treatment. A lot of people become antibiotic dependent because they keep getting the infection over and over because their immune system never conquered it on it's own.

Edited October 8, 2023 by earthtwin
one more thing

[Scubadragonsan]

On 10/5/2023 at 6:11 PM, earthtwin said:

I feel a lot lighter now while riding my EUC! And it's a lot funner too.

There are many ways one can feel lighter such as lack of sleep, a couple of drinks, smoke some weeds, takes a good shit dump... $10 for a bracelet may be a little too much for this purpose. But it works for you, who is to say. But what is the point of feeling lighter, what does it mean? You mean you feel like you lost some weight wearing the bracelet. Or you mean you feel like going faster on your EUC? Or you mean light headed? You mean you feel like EUC is moving off the ground? Try to put a 50-lb heavy backpack on and see if you still feel lighter. If you do, I think I want to buy one too!

[woke rider]

My body feels lighter, like it doesn't take effort to reach out and grab things when they are falling. Consider this quote,

"For many years, the placebo effect was considered to be no more than a nuisance variable that needed to be controlled in clinical trials. Only recently have researchers redefined it as the key to understanding the healing that arises from medical ritual, the context of treatment, the patient-provider relationship and the power of imagination, trust and hope."

 

from this site (they are not selling power bracelets) http://programinplacebostudies.org/ it's a group of Harvard associates.

Edited October 8, 2023 by earthtwin
one more thing

[Mono]

On 10/8/2023 at 1:58 PM, earthtwin said:

Just because an individual recovers after Cancer treatment doesn't mean that it was the treatment that cured them, because it's a logical fallacy to believe that just because one thing happened after the next that the preceding event caused the following.

Sure, timing is only a necessary and not a sufficient condition for causality and that's certainly not how we know that cancer treatments do not work to 30% via the placebo effect.

On 10/8/2023 at 1:58 PM, earthtwin said:

They might have gotten well on their own without the treatment.

You would not be a person I would recommend anyone to take medical advice from 

[woke rider]

Don't be mean, Mono. My power bracelet helps a lot. I am way more coordinated now without even trying. It's really notable. I pray you never get Cancer, but if you do make sure you get a doctor who will capitalize on the placebo effect to provide you with your best chances of recovery.

[OldFartRides]

It’s a holographic universe, and it all in our heads. Don’t let ‘em bring you down Earthtwin.

[alcatraz]

I prefer "reverse" superstitions. No joke.

Like wearing a hat with a small open ladder figure on it. Not literally but figuratively.

Or living on the 13th floor or wearing clothes with 13 printed on them.

It seriously protects me just like a placebo because you know that you need to stay alert. No one is looking out for me so I have to look out for myself. That sort of thing.

Guardian angel mentality is likely more harmful than it is good. It can reduce alertness.

IMO

[atdlzpae]

Sometimes a good placebo is what you need.

[Hellkitten]

@earthtwin have you combined riding with your new bracelet on your suspension? Did you have to adjust your settings? Is the sag and preload different? 

Edited October 10, 2023 by Hellkitten

[woke rider]

@Hellkitten very funny. I don't have suspension, but I really want to upgrade my old KingSong 14D with a shock. If I do, I will buy 3 of everything so I can provide the upgrade kit to others.

[Mono]

On 10/10/2023 at 2:40 AM, earthtwin said:

Don't be mean, Mono.

How so? You obviously do not have the medical training that would qualify you to judge the treatment options for cancer.

Now, which one is worse, giving an unqualified and bad judgment for the treatment of a deadly disease or pointing out that the judgement is bad? Bad judgements lead to bad decisions that have in this case the very real potential to kill people.

I think I was pretty nice, so far, given how dangerously misguided and misguiding some of your medical-related claims were.

[woke rider]

Calm down Mono, I’m not giving medical advice. I am encouraging you to investigate the body’s ability to heal itself and research how powerful of an ally the mind can be in overcoming disease states.

[techyiam]

On 10/5/2023 at 6:11 PM, earthtwin said:

I found an EFX Performance Bracelet at the thrift store today for $10 and I bought it! I have always laughed at these things but it was brand new, unopened and so cheap, so I took a chance. Call it placebo but I feel a lot lighter now while riding my EUC! And it's a lot funner too. Anybody else ever tried riding with a hologram bracelet?

I went to the EFX Wristbands website, and saw a video telling you how to test their claims for increased in strength, balance and flexibility.

In the video there are three tests, one to test each of these claims.

Have you ran these test on yourself and others? These tests are very easy to do, and you already have the wristband.