In India people believe common cold is when water seeps in through the scalp inside the skull and comes out of the nose. They have special powders on sale to prevent this from happening. They apply these powders on babies. See link below.https://pankajakasthuri.in/products/rasnadi-choornamIndians do not believe in germ theory, this is why hygiene is not very important. People who insist on hygiene is seen as having a form of OCD. Indians also think non-germ-theoretic pseudoscience like homeopathy was invented in India even though it is from Switzerland. Scientific medicine is called English medicine but swiss homeopathy is OK.It is an upside down world. I am not sure Indians are conscious beings. They are probably the p-zombies we speak of in philosophy
Said the person posting from the country where they drink Emergen-C when they get a sniffle
>>16913445Which country would that be?Indians think food poisoning is due to evil eyehttps://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/43682/pg43682-images.htmlhttps://skedbooks.com/books/omens-and-superstitions-of-southern-india/iii-the-evil-eye/No germs or bad hygiene can cause food poisoning. It is purely and evil eye bad juju
>>16913442People will seek to confirm their biases by being selective about the science they recognise. This isn't anything new. India is still impoverished and developing. Having TVs and smartphones isn't going to reverse years of educational neglect in the span of two generations. Just because they're literate and able to use the internet shouldn't put your expectations that high.They're quite unlucky that their old beliefs are this detrimental to their health and worldwide reputation. There's many countries on India's level of development who hold on to their old beliefs, but those beliefs aren't as pronounced or laughable (from a western standpoint).You could easily compare them to muslims on the terms mentioned above. Muslims love cleanliness for religious reasons, so they agree with germ theory because it confirms their cultural bias. At the same time, they reject other parts of modern knowledge which would undermine their belief in Allah.The same principle applies to westerners. Look at abortion laws. They're dictated by religious and cultural norms from hundreds of years ago. Meanwhile China doesn't give a shit and just lets you do it.
>>16913442Not all Indians are Hindus.
>>16913445Vitamin C supplements have been proven to shorten the length and severity of a cold by up to an entire day of a ten day cold.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279544/
>>16913445AIRBORNE was created by a schoolteacher!
