Is anyone familiar with Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet"?

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40. I get the inclincation to boil everything down to "woo"

but the other end of that is to discount every attempt to explain the unexplained as conspiracy theory or "woo." Just as some are doing now with science and that which is proven by the scientific method, including vaccines, other medical interventions, and scientific exploration.

No, I'm not saying there are not charlatans and con men using the unknown and the public's curiosity, fear, and desperation to know the future for their own grift. (Was Cayce one of those, maybe, probably--I haven't looked into him enough to know and apparently neither have many on this thread). But that said, the far end of that is the public's manipulated response by MAGA and other politicians (RFK Jr et al) to COVID-19 interventions, research, recommendations based on best prior case to a new emerging infection, and our scientific experts. Or if you, like, from history, the Catholic Church's initial response to Newton and his work on gravity and the motion of celestial bodies.

So, I do think we need to be cautious about our conflations. If we listened to all those screaming "woo" (especially with COVID-19 vaccines) even a mere five years ago, many of us might not be alive today. Just sayin...

So, do I want to see an end to "woo"? Well one person's considered "woo" may ultimately be a populations' scientifically-valid and proven outcome of an initial theory and one that will advance our knowledge to exist and thrive.