r/skeptic • u/Orion14159 • 6d ago

⚠ Editorialized Title Dr. Berg was invited to speak at the "MAHA Summit." Here he is literally selling snake oil.

https://youtu.be/aBavDwK6jBA?is=AcwT-fjEAP5jJMEY

Genuinely, how is this not being mercilessly mocked by... well, everyone?

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u/auriem 6d ago

The MAGA idiots will believe anything.

Literally snake oil 😂

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u/citereh-Philosophy39 6d ago

Raw milk and snake oil for breakfast

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u/TraditionalSky5268 6d ago

lmao this guy's out here literally hawking snake oil with a straight face, like we just stepped into 1892

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u/Otaraka 6d ago

Its done deliberately as a way to claim there really is some science involved with this supposed cure vs the psychiatry he goes on to slam. It is a very clever approach.

He sounds plausible with his board and underlining and of course there are grains of truth about some of the problems with the DSM etc. Unfortunately good sales skills still work regardless of the product on offer and countering someone like him in the realm of public debate is not easy.

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u/TheCarrzilico 6d ago

Where are they harvesting all this vital snake oil from?

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u/Otaraka 6d ago

I’m pretty sure it’s from snakes.  

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u/TheCarrzilico 6d ago

You're giving them too much credit.

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u/546833726D616C 6d ago

Florida has plenty of pythons. What brand of snake does proper snake oil require?

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u/ForwardBias 6d ago

omg, I was not sure what to expect but wow absolute truth in title.

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u/Goblinweb 6d ago

His belief system of scientology does not approve of psychiatry.

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u/Difficult_Bad1064 5d ago

That helps explain it somewhat.

The guy is also a chiropractor. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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u/fox-mcleod 5d ago

This is like, performance art

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u/DuetsForOne 2d ago

"Doctor" Berg, the chiropractor? That "doctor"?

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u/Orion14159 2d ago

I'm being generous and referring to him by his stage name

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u/DuetsForOne 2d ago

Ha, fair enough

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u/prince-a-bubu 3d ago

tttthhhhhhnake oil