I know …
It’s mostly to gently hydrate- and because it’s cool and feels nice.I like dee keep my aloe in the office refrigerator. After a harsh session with deep course beard hairs the skin can feel warm .The refrigerated aloe gently wraps the skin in a refrigerated blanket that feels just wonderful and helps to cool the area overall.
There’s a marked difference between the two areas. For me it’s more prominent at the dividing line. Better contrast. I found SUdocrem works too.
Creams and oils definetly have their place whilst not being ‘miraculous’ as some claim, sometimes just leaving the area alone is best especially for sensitive skinned individuals or you could end up making it worse/infection if there’s no antiseptic action.
Just leaving this here for everyone to enjoy!
Being truly objective is practically impossible for any human. Indeed, even those who are immersed in the scientific method have their data influenced by many factors. Your chart is excellent and points out the many traps that all of us fall into.
Add-in that advertisers know all-too-well how to “pitch” their products, and use psychological tricks to sell, and it’s a minefield for all of us. The first step is to be a dedicated skeptic and the second step is to challenge/doubt your own ideas and suppositions. It’s not easy; we’re all human.
In my original book, I have a chapter on the “placebo effect.” Maybe I’ll turn that into another free booklet? For me the placebo effect is very interesting. I have a medical oddity that was inherited (not dangerous), and physicians have prescribed various medications. They all work! Anything works!
At one point, my physician friend gave me 100% placebo pills … and, guess what? Even knowing consciously that I was taking nothing, the fake pill STILL WORKED! The question then arises, just who is being fooled?
Maybe it’s something like dreaming? When you dream, you have the feeling you are not creating the story, but you are watching (and not in control of) the dream … like you are watching a movie. The question then is, just WHO or WHAT is playing the movie? (Where is Carl Jung when you need him?)
I’m also fascinated that people typically become furious when their ideas or beliefs are doubted or challenged. People are still being killed for their (religious) beliefs, or non-beliefs. Right now, even our “first world” country seems to becoming tribal, and violence is perpetrated against anyone who dares disagree with the “majority” belief system.
Why do challenges to a person’s ideas and beliefs cause hostility? To me that is the most central question that needs to be addressed. If I were still teaching, I would have a class on beliefs and insults. I would spend a whole semester throwing insults and challenges at everyone and everything … and, in the end, might cause kids to have a sense of “idea neutrality?”
Ego is the root of several biasses in my opinion.
A good practice to remove some of those egoistical tendencies would be to play devil’s advocate to see what the other side has to offer, and to always be ready for the possibility of being refuted.
I wonder if my own bias is making creams not work (on my skin)… That would be pretty interesting.
P.S. What is your medical oddity?
Prebloasterophelia
No google results. What on earth is this made-up illness lol… I MUST KNOW, I WANT IT TOO!
Gottcha! (tee hee). A made-up illness deserves a made-up name!