Power Balance admits no science behind bracelets

[RaptorSA]

contraire... it has everything to do with the amount you pay.
it's critical that the thing is overpriced in order for the groupthink effect to be reinforced.

fear, greed and laziness. marketing aimed at these human traits will always succeed.

I agree completely. What I meant was I'd still call you an idiot no matter what you paid for it.
It's a double edged sword this one:

Scenario 1: You pay just a few bucks for the thing.
My conclusion: You're an idiot to believe the claims in the first place, and a double idiot for thinking that something with the improvements claimed by Power Balance would actually sell for only a few bucks if it were true.

Scenario 2: You pay hunders of bucks for the thing.
My conclusion: You're an idiot to believe the claims in the first place, and a double idiot for paying that amount of money for something without actually doing some research or just using common ****ing sense.

And to those who think no harm done, I don't think you realize how much cash these people are bull****ting people out of. There's a lot of more useful things we could have done with that. Idiot tax seems to be getting more and more expensive these days.
I'm not much of a charity nut, but surely donating money for a worthy cause is much better than trying to convince yourself you were doing the right thing by taking a chance with a stupid piece of plastic...

And then, once again I want to re-iterate exactly what enigma243 said, for me this just sums it up perfectly:
"I believe people have a responsibility to themselves and to society at large to be as non-idiotic as individually possible. When people shy away from this responsibility I get annoyed."

In my case though, annoyance is a vast understatement. To me these bracelets are like a little window that peers into one of the biggest reasons humanity tends to screw up eventually.
A world filled with skepticism and critical thought would be so much better. It's true though, we all have our stupid beliefs and biases, but this little "test" is so simple it just boggles the mind that people living in the "age of information" can still be so ignorant

What also interests me: We can't use the typical "unwashed/uneducated masses" response to this one, oh no, the people buying this **** are mostly educated, employed, middle to upper class people.
The hypocrisy of some "white" people to criticize "stupid", "uneducated" people for supporting Malema and/or the ANC while sitting there clutching their Powe Balance bracelet is astounding. In fact, it's worse when you have the means and intelligence not to be taken for a ride and you still manage to fall into the trap.
(Sorry, I don't want to turn this into politics, just couldn't think of a better example right now)

 

[dj_jyno]

The only thing with "Power" in its name, close to your wrist that actually works is a Powerball

 

[murraybiscuit]

I'm not much of a charity nut, but surely donating money for a worthy cause is much better than trying to convince yourself you were doing the right thing by taking a chance with a stupid piece of plastic...

great idea.

What also interests me: We can't use the typical "unwashed/uneducated masses" response to this one, oh no, the people buying this **** are mostly educated, employed, middle to upper class people.

i think it just shows that everybody is lazy and wants a shortcut to happiness.

 

[Necksy]

I think the public will always go for anything that has a hype to it, whether good or bad (mostly bad). I thought doing live test on human beings was illegal in most countries, especially SA.

 

[HapticSimian]

I thought doing live test on human beings was illegal in most countries, especially SA.

It's a harmless little rubber band, not an arsenic suppository...

 

[boerseun]

How about coming up with a bracelet that improves your driving skills?

 

[Sysem]

A friend of mine was on a mission to convince me it works. So he said he'd do an exercise to show me, and that I must put the band on his thumb when he said so. Instead, I put one of those Lance Armstrong bands on his thumb instead - and it worked. He wasnt so happy when he realized what I had done

 

[Raithlin]

A friend of mine was on a mission to convince me it works. So he said he'd do an exercise to show me, and that I must put the band on his thumb when he said so. Instead, I put one of those Lance Armstrong bands on his thumb instead - and it worked. He wasnt so happy when he realized what I had done

Brilliant!

 

[elL0L]

From facebook:

Brigitte Pienaar hi just want to know does it work for high blood ect.?

Cobus Bisschoff ▶ Pro balance thank you pro balance! years ago my
mom broke her back, now thanks to
your product she can go on with her
life! THANK YOU!

Riekie Smit Coetsee ▶ Pro balance Is this safe for pregnant women?

Karen Du Preez ▶ Pro balance Thank you for my bracelet. My husband
started wearing it immediately. He
usually gets terrible headaches when
he relaxes, caused by stress. This pass
weekend absolutely NO headache. I
sure hope this is the sign of things to come. Heard from someone else who
also didn't get migrane anymore. Keep
up the good work, you guys are
heeling the nation!!!

Rashieda Khan-Omer ▶ Pro balance Can babies benefit from the bracelet?
my lo is 4months old and started
teething. He has been experiencing,
loose stool, swollen gums, excessive
drooling.

 

[RaptorSA]

From facebook:

Brigitte Pienaar hi just want to know does it work for high blood ect.?

Cobus Bisschoff ▶ Pro balance thank you pro balance! years ago my
mom broke her back, now thanks to
your product she can go on with her
life! THANK YOU!.........................

!!!!!!!!!!!
/FACEPAAAAAALM!!!!

 

[HapticSimian]

From facebook:

Riekie Smit Coetsee ▶ Pro balance Is this safe for pregnant women?

Makes me think... if there was a way to infuse these bracelets with a very potent form of birth control I'd become its biggest advocate.

 

[RaptorSA]

Makes me think... if there was a way to infuse these bracelets with a very potent form of birth control I'd become its biggest advocate.

Holy crap.... Brilliant idea! The reduction in stupid babies would forever change the face of this dirt ball.

 

[inferno]

I get so pissed each time I see some one wearing one of these things.

 

[TofuMofu]

Indeed,and they get VERY defensive if you say it's ****e

Very true! My father being one such sucker

 

[Ancalagon]

The sad thing is I think many people will cling to these things and claim that they do work. ProBalance, the SA company, is now claiming that their product is different and better than the Power Balance one, so Power Balance's admission of guilt is unrelated to the efficacy of ProBalance. Complete horse poo of course.

 

[scuzzy]

http://www.skeptics.com.au/latest/news/power-balance-test/

 

[Quest10n]

Would be nice to just shrug it off and use the word "gullible idiot" whenever I see someone with these. The problem is my hatred of the asinine stupidity from people who wears this crap is so bad that it's actually affecting my professional life. Started working on a new project and the head IT dude was cool, until I saw that horrible piece of plastic on the tosser's hand, I have a hard time trying to respect him now. And these things are EVERYWHERE. Family, colleagues, you name it. I swear to god if one of my friends fell for this we wouldn't be friends anymore, harsh, I know, but surely falling for something so ridiculous shows some kind of fundamental flaw in a person's personality and world view, a flaw in people which I simply cannot stomach anymore and would rather shy away from.

If Power Balance has accomplished anything, it was opening my eyes as to what a farce the concept of "the era of enlightenment" truly is.
For the most part we are indeed just a bunch op stupid apes and the incremental technological and social progress we make does little to hide the giant pile of stupidity just beneath the average person's surface.

Even worse is the fact that this story is being posted everywhere, Facebook, news sites etc. I mean REALLY?!?! The fact that this is news actually depresses the **** out of me. /NoHope

I blame evolution for this, instead of becoming smarter we have become "gullible idiots"

 

[HapticSimian]

The sad thing is I think many people will cling to these things and claim that they do work. ProBalance, the SA company, is now claiming that their product is different and better than the Power Balance one, so Power Balance's admission of guilt is unrelated to the efficacy of ProBalance. Complete horse poo of course.

Yes, it's now all about negative ions and not about magical airy-fairy frequencies.

Chops.

 

[Billy]

Surely as these Power Balance bracelets depend on the belief of the wearer rather than scientific evidence, this whole topic should be moved the PD section?

These posts sure read like something from PD.

 

[Quest10n]

Is ma-le-ma wearing one? He will make a good ambassador for this product, he's already over the edge...