• @cheese_greater
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    41 year ago

    Isn’t there a name for bullshit devices that produce some ouput that has no bearing on what is being tested? Like that device Dee and Charlie use when they are in the superberry MLM on Sunny in Philadelphia. Like, its snake oil but I thought there was a word for that kind of thing.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      What do you mean? That machine measured stress very accurately and displayed it in standard stress units

      • @cheese_greater
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        31 year ago

        My biggest issue was the lack of clarity over where one should place their feet. Kinda important

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I don’t know about one word, but generally I’ve heard “quack medical device” used to describe such things.

      • @cheese_greater
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        11 year ago

        Like a polygraph I guess but slightly seedier