Earth shoes sold like
Earth shoes sold like hotcakes in the 70's, and I was a sucker for at least three pair. Negative heel is natural and better, Anne Kelso said so, must be true.
The earthing scam is yielding no such mass appeal, just a few wannabe believers.
Plenty of science to debunk it, but earthing folks don't believe in science so why bother?
Only a handful of suckers out there willing to fork over the cash, if I can save even one some $ and false hopes I've spent my time wisely.
No superior intelligence, just average common sense.
I must admit though that studying basic physics and electronics makes it easier to see the fraud for what it is.
Science proves that barefoot is better than built up supportive shoes for close to 95% of humans, and that earthing is pure fantasy.
I really hate when us barefooters are perceived as wackos by the shod majority, so I try to keep the health claims realistic.
One highly publicised SBL member posted this on the subject not too long ago:
"The Earthing book is basically quackery. First, there is absolutely
no evidence that one gets "healing energy" from either the Earth or
Chi. Secondly, the premise of earthing
is contrary to everything else we know about physics and science.
For instance, electric potential only depends on differences
in electric fields. The rest of your body cannot tell if you
are "grounded" to the earth or not.
It's hard enough for barefooters to counter myth. When we add to
it pseudo-science, all too many folks will reject the real
barefooting benefits along with the pseudo-science."
I tend to agree with him.