Ear Candling
Claim: Ear candling extracts earwax and toxins from the ear canal and promotes systemic healing through negative pressure created by a burning hollow candle.
Model confidence66%
Checks2
Search interest2 / 7d
Why this score?
01Accepting it would require invalidating fundamental, repeatedly confirmed laws in many independent fields of science at once.[Q7]
Measurement network · How the model answered: 87.8% · Bullshit weight: 0.95
02After removing its specific concepts and rituals, the system loses all content and reduces to pure placebo or random guessing.[Q6]
Ockham's razor · How the model answered: 84.6% · Bullshit weight: 0.95
03The effect drops to random noise when the subject does not know the method was applied or receives a sham.[Q3]
Blinding test · How the model answered: 75.5% · Bullshit weight: 1.00
Score history
Oct 30, 2026Search interest · 14d
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