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DNA activation woo

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'''DNA activation woo''', also known as "unlocking" or "upgrading" one's [[DNA]], is a type of [[New Age]] [[pseudoscience]] which supposes that parts of the human [[genome]] are somehow deactivated and can be reactivated through a number of methods to unlock some sort of healing effect or special powers, e.g. [[telekinesis]] or [[telepathy]]. New Age [[woo]]meisters attempting to sound scientific often cite {{wpl|Epigenetics|epigenetics}} or reference [[junk DNA]] as either a source or as science "agreeing" with them. It is also often linked with "light codes", information supposedly hidden in the genome.

==Supposed methods of activating one's DNA==
There are a lot of supposed ways to activate your DNA, and a lot of them have been [[Point refuted a thousand times|parroted a thousand times]]. Actually dumbing these explanations down into something that can be understood without having to be immersed in the New Age universe already is pretty difficult, though.
*Certain [[Vibration#Woo|vibrations or frequencies]], such as [[solfeggio frequencies]]. <ref>https://www.starmagichealing.org/dna-activation-technology/ "DNA Activation Technology using Sound and Music" section, "You can activate your dormant genes by using DNA healing frequencies with musical frequencies and energy healing. […] Specific solfeggio frequencies and binaural beats can help your body to heal itself and regenerate as well as activating dormant DNA."</ref><ref>https://www.qhhtofficial.com/healing/dna-activation/ "DNA Activation With Music"</ref> Many, ''many'' New Agers use this explanation.
*[[Meditation]].<ref>https://www.qhhtofficial.com/healing/dna-activation/ "DNA Activation With Meditation" </ref>
*[[Technobabble|Your mind, body, and soul aligning.]]<ref>https://www.starmagichealing.org/dna-activation-technology/ "DNA is activated when your body, mind and soul are aligned, and you are open to becoming who you were designed to be..."</ref>
*Balancing things… a lot of things.<ref>https://jennavolpe.com/life-activation-dna-activation/</ref>
*A magnetic field around one's head.{{citation needed}} <!--Billy Carson said this whopper on the Joe Rogan Experience, but I haven't got my hands on the original episode.-->

==See also==
*[[The Spirit Science]], one of the biggest pushers of DNA activation woo.
*[[Brain#Unused part of the brain|Unused part of the brain]], part of the classical recipe.

==References==
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Categories: Sound woo
Dag Hammarskjöld

{{significantly problematic}}[[File:Dag Hammarskjöld.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Say "cheese".]]
{{conspiracynav}} '''Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld''' (1905-1961) was a [[Swedish]] diplomat and the second Secretary-General of the [[United Nations]], and posthumous recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1961 (one of only two people to receive the prize posthumously). His death in a [[plane]] crash whilst en route to ceasefire negotiations in Ndola, Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) has been the subject of several conspiracy theories.

==Plane crash conspiracy theories==
Whilst travelling to ceasefire negotiations between UN forces and Katangese rebels on 18 September 1961, his plane crashed on approach with only one initial survivor, who died a few days later. Whilst the crash was deemed to likely be a result of pilot error by the initial Rhodesian inquiry<ref name="Rhodesian">http://www.hammarskjoldcommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Report-of-Rhodesian-Board-of-Investigation.pdf</ref>, the cause of the crash has remained officially unexplained by the UN<ref name="UN">http://www.hammarskjoldcommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Report-of-the-UN-Commission-of-Investigation.pdf</ref>, which has led to it attracting a number of conspiracy theorists. There are a number of assertions as to the cause of the crash ranging from plausible (that the plane was accidentally shot down, either by rebel forces in the area or [[Mercenary|mercenaries]]) to the absurd (that [[JFK]] ordered said shooting down)<ref name="guardian">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/17/dag-hammarskjold-un-secretary-general-crash</ref><ref name="telegraph">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/11478291/Did-Western-agents-assassinate-the-UN-Secretary-General-in-1961-Four-theories.html</ref>
. The theories regarding the crash generally fit into one of three categories:
* That the crash was a result of pilot error
* That his plane was shot down by Katangese rebels or [[Belgian]] mercenaries<ref name="third">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/04/dag-hammarskjold-plane-shot-down-mercenary-cable</ref>
* That [[American]] agents, or allies of such, shot down the plane on orders from the US government
Former US President [[Harry Truman]] appeared to believe the Secretary-General was shot down, saying in an interview that "[Hammarskjöld] was on the point of getting something done when they killed him. Notice that I said ‘when they killed him’."<ref name="spy">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/13/spy-messages-solve-mystery-un-chief-death-crash</ref> The [[South Africa]]n Truth and Reconciliation Commission released information in 1998 implicating the [[Apartheid]]-era government in Hammarskjöld's death, although was unable to verify its credibility.<ref name="sa">https://web.archive.org/web/20120716182945/http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98820_0x1539810364.htm</ref>
==References==
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Daily Plane

[[File:Daily Plane.png|thumb|right|165px|Their logo.]]
{{pseudoastronomy}}
'''''Daily Plane''''' is a "news" source for [[flat Earth]]ers. The name is a riff on the fictional newspaper {{wpl|Daily Planet|''Daily Planet''}} where Superman's alter-ego Clark Kent worked. While the ''Daily Planet'''s logo includes a spheroidal [[Earth]], the ''Daily Plane'' instead includes the same {{wpl|azimuthal equidistant projection}} centred on the North Pole that most flat Earthers adhere to. The ''Daily Plane'' is also not daily.

The ''Daily Plane'' engages in [[crank magnetism]] in support of flatness by being [[anti-relativity]] (appealing to [[Nikola Tesla]]),<ref>[https://www.thedailyplane.com/tesla-outs-einstein-and-his-theory-of-relativity-as-a-fraud-in-article-from-1935/ Tesla outs Einstein and his Theory of Relativity as a fraud in article from 1935] (June 5, 2017) ''Daily Plane''.</ref> and being [[anti-evolution]] via an [[Electric Universe]] argument.<ref>[https://www.thedailyplane.com/flat-earth-origin-of-life-by-lorenz-kraus/ Flat Earth Origin Of Life] by Lorenz Kraus (June 12, 2017) ''Daily Plane''.</ref> The [[Twitter]] account has also retweeted a crank [[aether]] posting (the last actual physicists who supported the idea of aether gave up in the 1930s),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171125191159/https:/twitter.com/thedailyplane The Daily Plane] November 7, 2017 retweet of @mig13ant. ''Twitter'' (archived from November 25, 2017).</ref> and a posting alluding to the [[international Jewish conspiracy]] via association with [[Rothschild]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171125191159/https:/twitter.com/thedailyplane The Daily Plane] November 11, 2017 retweet of @TracyTlm45. ''Twitter'' (archived from November 25, 2017).</ref>

The ''Daily Plane'' also engages in co-optation of both a [[manosphere]] term ([[red pill]]),<ref>[https://www.thedailyplane.com/a-60-second-red-pill-on-flat-earth/ A 60 second red pill on Flat Earth] (June 1, 2017) ''Daily Plane''.</ref> and an [[alt-right]] [[meme]], [[Pepe]]. Pepe has been co-opted as "Fepe" ("Flat Earth People Everywhere"), which includes the Pepe the Frog face with a superimposed emperor penguin beak.<ref name=fepe>[https://www.thedailyplane.com/the-highest-degree-of-fepe/ The highest degree of Fepe] (June 5, 2017) ''Daily Plane''.</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailyplane.com/category/media/memes/ Memes: Only You Can Prevent Globe-itis] (June 6, 2017) ''Daily Plane''.</ref> The ''Daily Plane'' also manages to be anti-[[Freemason]]<ref>[http://archive.is/BDjur Space Hoax Compilation: NASA’s History & Fake Astronauts], which includes links to anti-Freemason links. ''Daily Plane'' (archived on 25 Nov 2017 04:54:15 UTC).</ref> while at the same time co-opting Freemasonry ("33<sup>rd</sup> Degree Fepe).<ref name=fepe/>

==External links==
*[https://www.thedailyplane.com/ ''Daily Plane'']
*[https://twitter.com/thedailyplane ''Daily Plane'' Twitter account]

==References==
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Damanhur

{{cults}}
The Federation of '''Damanhur''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] religious organisation founded in 1975. According to 
an impeccable source
 their own website, they have been recognised by the [[United Nations]] as "a model for a sustainable future".<ref>[http://www.damanhur.org/index.php/home-damanhur Damanhur homepage]</ref> They keep to themselves most of the time, dedicating their lives to "ritual tradition, social realization, experimentation and dynamics, and individual inner refinement", according to 
another impeccable source
 [[Wikipedia]].<ref>{{wpl|Federation_of_Damanhur#Life_at_Damanhur|Life at Damanhur}}</ref> Damanhurians also dedicate themselves to other matters, which have attracted various levels of attention: [[cult]]ish behaviour;<ref>[http://damanhurinsideout.wordpress.com/ according to disgruntled ex-members]</ref> the building of "the eighth wonder of the world" (just a temple apparently decorated by Jeff Koons<ref>https://www.google.com/search?q=damanhur+wonder+world&rlz=1C1CHMD_enAU565AU565&source=lnms&tbm=isch</ref>);<ref>[http://www.thetemples.org/tour/ If you like that sort of thing]</ref> and [[naked]] [[time travel]] involving [[Germany|German]] pop singers.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/red-balloons-singer-nena-in-damanhur-naked-time-travel-sect/story-e6frev00-1225784869010 No, really.] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150417122805/http://www.news.com.au/national/red-balloons-singer-nena-in-damanhur-naked-time-travel-sect/story-e6frfkp9-1225784869010 Archived.]</ref> The Federation now has about a thousand members in its 500-hectare<ref>Or, for the non-metric, 900 [http://books.google.com/books?id=FrMOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=hectares+cadastral+yokes&source=bl&ots=5iL-Jw8QTq&sig=hIDblNpLA-lJ2X0t-OpmITIbL_0&hl=en&ei=P7qVTZbkGZOBhQfp_92CCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=hectares%20cadastral%20yokes&f=false cadastral yokes.]</ref> property.

==References==
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Damian Sendler

{{Sex}}
'''Damian Jacob Markiewicz Sendler''' is an [[United States|American]] fraudster, and fake [[Medicine|medical]] doctor.<ref>Psychology Today; David J. Ley Ph.D., Friday March 1st 2019: [https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/women-who-stray/201903/fake-sexperts Fake Sexperts]. ([http://archive.ph/JdNfB archive snapshot])</ref><ref>The Cut; Claire Lampen, Friday March 1st 2019: [https://www.thecut.com/2019/03/fake-dr-damian-sendler-scammed-his-way-into-the-media.html Get a Load of This Fake Sex Doctor’s Unhinged Grift] ([http://archive.ph/Vq0jz archive snapshot])</ref> He claimed to be a licenced medical doctor, and graduate of Harvard Medical School with a MD and PhD. Using these credentials he got the [[mainstream media]] to publish his outlandish work on sexuality. In March 2019 it was revealed that his credentials were an elaborate falsehood.<ref name="gizmodo">Gizmodo; Jennings Brown, Friday March 1st 2019: [https://gizmodo.com/the-fake-sex-doctor-who-conned-the-media-into-publicizi-1832711205 The Fake Sex Doctor Who Conned the Media Into Publicizing His Bizarre Research on Suicide, Butt-Fisting, and Bestiality]. ([http://archive.ph/RCvj3 archive snapshot])</ref> A followup investigative article revealed the extent of his efforts, including the creation of an entire research institution -- Felnett Health Research Foundation -- that he claimed had over a dozen staffers, but actually consisted of only himself and another individual.<ref>Psych Central; John M. Grohol, Psy.D., Friday March 1st 2019: [https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-fantastical-world-of-damian-jacob-markiewicz-sendler/ The Fantastical World of Damian Jacob Markiewicz Sendler] ([http://archive.ph/kGDku archive snapshot])</ref> The same article found that while he is a graduate student and perhaps a medical student, he has not yet completed any advanced graduate degree program.

==Profit==
He used his media publicity to build an online psychotherapy and sex therapy business.<ref name="gizmodo" /> After the allegations were revealed, he replaced his website homepage with a notice claiming, among other things, that practicing without a medical license is only wrong in the US.<ref name="damiam">Self-published; Damian Sendler, Friday March 1st 2019: [http://www.damiansendler.com/ RE: Reporter Jennings Brown and his misreporting about me]. ([http://archive.ph/X9xWL archive snapshot])</ref>

==References==
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Damning with faint praise

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'''Damning with faint praise''' is a [[logical fallacy]] when someone is attacked through praise of an achievement that isn't praiseworthy or isn't significantly praiseworthy, suggesting that no achievements of theirs worthy of praise exist.

The fallacy is an ''[[ad hominem]]'' [[genetic fallacy]] and is an [[informal fallacy]].

==Form==
{{syl
|2=Source '''X''' says '''Y''' is true.
|4=Source '''X''' has trait '''Z''' which is slightly praiseworthy.
|5=C|6='''Y''' is false.
}}

==Examples==
*"[William] Paley was not a particularly original writer. For example, his famous analogy of the watch at the beginning of the work was not his invention. And he probably took too much for granted. But he showed very considerable skill and ability in his arrangement of his matter and in the development of his argument. And it is, in my opinion, an exaggeration to suggest, as is sometimes done, that his line of thought is worthless."<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=rgSBBdbnZ2UC&pg=PA195&lpg=PA195&dq=%22Paley+was+not+a+particularly+original+writer.%22&source=bl&ots=eq7ipZ1WeU&sig=Z_8D8pv8U2WamtZIeD7MooDdTTk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIuf-ypICWyAIVwnM-Ch2DTQxt#v=onepage&q=%22Paley%20was%20not%20a%20particularly%20original%20writer.%22&f=false</ref>
*"Mr Cauz characterised [[Wikipedia]] as containing "plenty of cracks on it in terms of the quality". "It's very uneven, the facts are not always correct, the model contains a lot of pitfalls." Damning his competitor with faint praise, he said a big problem was that many users considered Wikipedia to be 'fine' or 'good enough'."<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/biztech/battle-to-outgun-wikipedia-and-google/2009/01/22/1232471469973.html?page=2</ref>

===Literature===
{{cquote|Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,<br />
And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer;<br />
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,<br />
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.|||{{wpl|Alexander Pope||,}} {{wpl|Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot|''Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot''}}}}

{{cquote|When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises,<br />
Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:<br />
So marreth what he makes, and praising most, dispraises.|||{{wpl|Phineas Fletcher||,}} "The Purple Island"}}

==Not always a fallacy==
One important note: Damning with faint praise is only a fallacy if it's being used to talk about the position advanced by someone; it is not a fallacy if the subject being discussed is ''only'' the person in question.

==See also==
*[[Snark]]

==External links==
*[https://www2.palomar.edu/users/bthompson/Damning%20with%20Faint%20Praise.html "Damning With Faint Praise"], Bruce Thompson
*[http://www.logicallyfallacious.com/index.php/b-list-fallacies "Damning With Faint Praise"], Logically Fallacious
*[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DamnedByFaintPraise Damned By Faint Praise], [[TV Tropes]]

==References==
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Categories: Ad hominem, Informal fallacies
Dancing mania

[[File:Die Wallfahrt der Fallsuechtigen nach Meulebeeck.jpg|thumb|left|165px|Dancing mania as depicted by Hendrick Hondius (1642)]]
{{psychology}}
'''Dancing mania''' or '''choreomania''' was a form of [[mass hysteria]] epidemic in early modern [[Europe]]. It basically took the form of thousands of people dancing wildly and uncontrollably through the streets until they died or otherwise collapsed from exhaustion.

==Causes==
The breakouts of dancing were once thought to have been caused by widespread psychological trauma due to harsh living conditions; one person would start dancing and the rest, seeking a vent for all their troubles, would follow. However, more recently it has been revealed that that these episodes are best explained as screwball religious sects who gained followers as they made pilgrimages throughout Europe during years of turmoil and hardship in order to receive divine favor. Their symptoms are predictable for any large population engaging in prolonged dancing, emotional worship as well as [[fasting]]. Their actions have been mistranslated by contemporary scholars evaluating the participants’ behaviors per se, removed from their regional context and meaning. Tarantism was the name of a regional variant of dancing mania that developed into a local tradition in the most southern parts of [[Italy]].<ref>http://www.csicop.org/si/show/rethinking_the_dancing_mania/</ref>

==Outside Europe==
Episodes of dancing mania are also reported to have happened among the {{wpl|Ainu people||.}}<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=5DcsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA161</ref>

==Further reading==
*Gotman A., Kelina ''Choreomania'' (2008) Columbia University

==See also==
*[[Mass hysteria]]

==External links==
*{{wpa|dancing mania}}

==References==
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Danie Krügel

{{pseudoscience}}
'''Danie Krügel''' is the inventor of the "Matter Orientation System" (MOS),<ref>[http://www.daniekrugelfacts.com/ Danie Krügel Facts]</ref> a device which supposedly magically combines [[DNA]] and satellite tracking technology to track people across the globe. How this works has never been fully explained, although [[quantum woo|quanta]] have been mentioned several times. The MOS or "Bodyfinder" is a contender for [[James Randi]]'s $1 million prize, but Krügel has so far refused to come forward and test his invention.

==Madeleine McCann==
Krügel is most famous for putting his nose into the disappearance of [[Madeleine McCann]] in 2007 and reportedly produced a map and search pattern to find her.<ref>[http://daniekrugel.blogspot.com/ Danie Krugel: Visionary or Fraudster?]</ref> Naturally, to [[escape hatch|cover up]] the possibility of him being wrong, he released this statement, "I know that even if she was moved after July 2007, there will still be evidence of her presence in this area."

==External links==
*[http://www.daniekrugelfacts.com/ Official website, apparently]

==References==
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Daniel Akaka

[[File:DanielAkaka.jpg|thumb|Greatest. Senatorial photo. Ever.]]
'''Daniel Akaka''' {{lived|1924|2018}} was a former [[United States]] Senator ([[Democratic Party|D]]) from [[Hawaii]].  He was the first (and so far only) Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry. Like his fellow Hawaiian Senator, Daniel Inouye, he was a [[World War II]] veteran, serving in the Army Corps of Engineers as a mechanic on the ''Morning Star''.  

He was a fairly reliable [[liberal]] Democrat, having opposed the [[Iraq War]], but without leading many bills of his own.  The one exception is his bill, SB 1011 (commonly known as the Akaka Bill), to give limited self-government to native Hawaiians, on a comparable basis to that given to [[Native American]] tribes in the continental US. Supporters claim that it is necessary to make up for the century of theft and mistreatment of native Hawaiians; opponents view it as setting up an unconstitutional "race-based" government. However, none of those people have talked about ending the reservations that exist. He introduced the bill several times, but it never came out of committee; this did not prevent [[conservatives]] from hyperventilating about it every time.<ref>[http://www.hawaiireporter.com/rush-limbaugh-sounds-off-on-akaka-bill Rush Limbaugh Sounds Off on Akaka Bill]</ref>

Time Magazine also once ranked him as one of the "Ten Worst Senators" due to his overall do-nothingness.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183980,00.html Daniel Akaka: Master of the Minor]</ref>

He retired from the Senate in 2013 before passing away on 6 April 2018 at the age of 93.

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Danny Wolf

{{Uspolitics}}{{sources}}
'''Danny Wolf''' (born 1986 in Edmond, Oklahoma) is a [[paleolibertarian]] political philosopher, [[alt-right]] activist, and founder of [https://thesentinel.net The Sentinel news website]. Wolf is a [[US]]-style right-wing libertarian in the [[Murray Rothbard|Rothbardian]] tradition. He advocates [[capitalist]] control of all sectors of society, cultural conservatism and anti-[[empiricism]]. Probably best-known for his disdain of [[democracy]] (his articles often focus on the failures of democracy), Wolf frequently mingles with and hosts [[white supremacists]] at events and talks due to his dislike for [[political correctness]]. Even other [[libertarians]] think he is 
completely
 just a bit unhinged.

==Immigration==
Wolf is a well-known opponent of open borders, which puts him further at odds with his libertarian contemporaries. With regards to the issues of immigration and open borders he wrote: "No self-respecting libertarian can dispute the need for borders. Sovereign nations have borders for the same reason yards have fences."

==External links==
* [https://columbianpost.com/author/centinel/ Wolf at the Columbian Post]
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Dark flow

{{sciencenav}}
'''Dark flow''' is a perceived anomaly in the gravitation of several galactic clusters, centering between the constellations of Centaurus and Vela. While the motions of galaxies are believed to be more or less randomly distributed with respect to the [[cosmic microwave background]], a peculiar force seems to be pulling a particular cluster in the same direction at similar speeds. This anomaly cannot be accounted for by the general [[Expanding universe|expansion of the Universe]] and it appears as if something ''outside and beyond'' our (observable) Universe is pulling these clusters together.

While more recent data from the ''Planck'' spacecraft seem to discredit this,<ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.07178</ref> the authors of this [[hypothesis]] claim these same data support its existence.<ref>{{wpa|Dark flow}} And see the references therein.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Dark energy]]
*[[Dark matter]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.space.com/5878-mysterious-dark-flow-discovered-space.html "Mysterious 'Dark Flow' Discovered in Space"] on Space.com

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