General / Off-Topic Aoqili Seaweed soap

[Robin of Spiritwood]

So there's this soap that the makers claim will wash away your fat.

Let that sink in for a second. They seriously claim that people can bathe their way to slimness. it's a real knee slapper.

However, it sells.

Now, does that mean that the buyers have a neurocognitive deficit? If they believe the claim and have a basic high school education, there's an indication that something is wrong with their executive function, right? What about the people that believe Nigerian Prince e-mails, and send their account details off?

I'm asking this because of a medico legal case:
An old man and his somewhat aggressive foreign dwelling relatives turned up with a lawyers letter at the center where I work. Basically, the lawyers want to see some medical certification from us that all is well with the old man's mind, and that he's mentally fit to administer his own affairs.

It turns out that he's lost some money to a credit card fraud on the Internet. And he has a package of that same soap in a bag.

The lawyers suspect that something isn't quite right anymore. But the relatives want him to be certified so that his new will can hold up in court.

Given just this info, what would you be inclined to do?

 

[Shinji Ikari]

So there's this soap that the makers claim will wash away your fat.

Let that sink in for a second. They seriously claim that people can bathe their way to slimness. it's a real knee slapper.

However, it sells.

Now, does that mean that the buyers have a neurocognitive deficit? If they believe the claim and have a basic high school education, there's an indication that something is wrong with their executive function, right? What about the people that believe Nigerian Prince e-mails, and send their account details off?

I'm asking this because of a medico legal case:
An old man and his somewhat aggressive foreign dwelling relatives turned up with a lawyers letter at the center where I work. Basically, the lawyers want to see some medical certification from us that all is well with the old man's mind, and that he's mentally fit to administer his own affairs.

It turns out that he's lost some money to a credit card fraud on the Internet. And he has a package of that same soap in a bag.

The lawyers suspect that something isn't quite right anymore. But the relatives want him to be certified so that his new will can hold up in court.

Given just this info, what would you be inclined to do?

Even if he isn't mentally ill, he has shown how naive he is and that might not go in his favour in the court.

 

[metatheurgist]

Yeah, there's obviously a massive failure in education somewhere when people can believe such ridiculous claims. I could go further but then I'd be running into banned topics.

Having said that a bar of soap is not a indication of mental acuity. Everyone likes to have a fantasy; that doesn't mean they're broken.

 

[Ian Skippy]

First of all, his lawyers and relatives can get bend as they are not the client/patient. If the older gentleman wants he can undergo a basic set of standardised neuropsych evaluations, including cognitive functions. He may share this info with his relatives and lawyers if he so desires. Anamnesis can be taken, but I would skip the heteroanamnesis initially due to the obvious bias and conflict of interests of the relatives. If other people could chime in, such as long-term friends, that could help though. I'd be especially interested in if he used to be a particularly skeptical person most of his life.

Believing in some magic soap is irrelevant, unlessit is an example of behaviour that strongly contrasts with his normal way of thinking/acting.

 

[Patrick_68000]

So there's this soap that the makers claim will wash away your fat.

Let that sink in for a second. They seriously claim that people can bathe their way to slimness.

It's possible.

I've never seen that to eat soap makes you fat.

However, perhaps avoid to eat too fatty soaps, cream-based for example ?

[wacky]

 

[metatheurgist]

Well, if you bathed with a bar of Caustic Soda it would convert your fat to soap, so technically it would work. I wonder if that's where the bulldung product claims come from.

 

[Shinji Ikari]

Well, if you bathed with a bar of Caustic Soda it would convert your fat to soap, so technically it would work. I wonder if that's where the bulldung product claims come from.

Don't forget to dissolve it in water before applying!