Peter Bowditch said:The parlour trick of pretending to test muscle strength by pushing
against some muscle group and then doing it again under supposedly
different circumstances is well known.
There is also an electronic device (measures skin resistance)
that supposedly does the same thing. Person holds the vial and
the tester applies the probes ... of course, the chances for
getting the 'right" result are under control of the operator
because pushing harder changes the resistance.
Quoted message said:The trick is employed in several medical scams, where it is used to
"diagnose" an illness which can then be treated by something which the
tester just coincidentally happens to have available.
Why bother testing if you can't profit from it?
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