Can we have a proper 'woo' topic?

[IndigoBarbie]

Dear MNHQ, I fully believe in freedom of speech and experiences, and as such I go out of my way to assist those who are asking more angelic/psychic etc questions, since this is my real life in a nutshell. Getting sooooo fed up of threads becoming all about others who don't believe and blatantly attacking those of us on thread who want to actively discuss and share and I think a lovely new topic of 'woo' or something you feel is an appropriate title could be provided for us to have proper sharings and discussions.

Yes it is.. but you're just not allowed to chat about these things in there without a slew of non believers stamping all over it. It really is quite irritating.

It's like it offends them so they won't let it lie. Odd!

Yes, that's really annoying when there's an interesting woo thread going.

And pretty rude, imo.

Surely zebra's right.

How about calling the topic "Mind, Body, Spirit" like the annual conference thing? Different from religion and philosophy.

Can I suggest "utter bollox" as the name if the site does this?

QED.

I'm in! Come on MNHQ, you know you want to!

I love this idea. A safe haven for woo believers to talk without such ghastly things as common sense,science and facts disrupting them.
Keeping all the anti science crap in one place would also do wonders for my blood pressure. And prolong the life of my Ipad because it's cme close to being hurled out of the window on several occasions now.

Would actual facts and science be banned from this area?

It certainly seems as though they would be,judging by the responses so far,and also the fact that it's a topic dedicated to all things woo.

Unanimous, then.

Can we have a Piss And Vomit topic, too?

It could be called 'Science' :)

I was thinking of suggesting "Mind/Body/Spirit/Neuroscience" as a better topic title.

Because it would cover this kinda thing:

www.cmrpconference.com/

Except that mindfulness and neuroscience isn't really woo. And certainly not in the sense that angels and psychic stuff that the OP is talking about are.

You are going to have a real problem trying to keep out people who are going to tell you you are talking total bollocks if you stick neuroscience in the topic title.

But 'cognitive mindfulness' would cover several therapeutic modalities proven to help the symptoms of schizophrenia, DID, BPD and various other disorders of the mind ... or have I passively-aggressively missed the point?

Your other link was just as interesting, MrsRT. It said that optimists live longer, healthier lives. Is optimism woo, do you think?

:D
Yep, just a new topic for umbrella of things like this....

"Things like this"?

Cognitive mindfulness, optimism, and meditation are real. Their benefits are proven. They are not woo.

You have missed Garlic's point.

Another vote for yes please...

but you're just not allowed to chat about these things in there without a slew of non believers stamping all over it. It really is quite irritating.

So would the new topic be a safe haven from religious people who don't want their beliefs allied to woo? Or cynics/nay-sayers who don't agree with the whole lot?

Not really sure that you can ring-fence an area from discussion - isn't that missing the point of the internet and MN - that there is free speech? Would the issue really be how to make it more 'respectful', if that's what you feel the problem is?

No, I haven't missed the point at all.

A couple of years ago, or possibly even less, mindfulness, positive thinking and meditation would have been dismissed as completely and utterly woo.

Now there is tons of evidence showing their health benefits and every damn doctor and shrink in the country is pushing all three like the world was going to end.

So it would be good to at least be allowed to open one's mouth on MN and say some words without being hounded off thread.

Indigo missed the point. I wasn't talking to you.

The idea would be to be able to say: "This is the Mind/Body/Spirit/Neuroscience topic, we are allowed to discuss such matters here, if you don't like it, please find another topic to ridicule us in." This is what happens with Feminism.

I think its a great idea :)

I love threads like that and if it's all in one place it saves me searching for them!