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cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Isn’t there a name for bullshit devices that produce some ouput that has no bearing on what is being tested? Like that device Dee and Charlie use when they are in the superberry MLM on Sunny in Philadelphia. Like, its snake oil but I thought there was a word for that kind of thing.

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jscummy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
What do you mean? That machine measured stress very accurately and displayed it in standard stress units

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- cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  My biggest issue was the lack of clarity over where one should place their feet. Kinda important
  
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OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I don’t know about one word, but generally I’ve heard “quack medical device” used to describe such things.

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- cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Like a polygraph I guess but slightly seedier
  
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