Describe the dangers of pseudoscience and why the dangers should matter to every

•   People use valuable resources (primarily money), time, and energy on pseudoscientific treatments that either don’t work or have no research on their effectiveness as treatments. Meanwhile, they are missing out on scientifically documented, effective treatments that could relieve their suffering.
•   People may be directly harmed, psychologically or physically, when opinion rather than scientific proof is used in the application of a treatment.
•   Pseudoscience impacts people in their daily lives when it prohibits them from making educated decisions (it impacts the education their children may get, it impacts the workplace, it impacts their community through politics and other means).