THE POINT IS… AND I KNOW BECAUSE…

Below is a comment I made on a post I shared on Facebook. The article was about how sage apparently disinfects a room from airborne bacteria. [If you’re interested, I’ll post the link at the bottom of this reflection.] “If the citation from the Indian organisation in the 'study' link is real, this is good to know. I just want to make the point that just because an article says, "research shows" doesn't necessarily make it valid; scientific rigour is required. Be cautious also in generalizing to other stuff.... this article says, "not just bad vibes"... which presupposes that there are 'vibes' which are unspecified. Just because sage is shown to kill bacteria, doesn't mean it has magical properties in affecting whatever 'vibes' means to the reader.”