0:00:01.672,0:00:06.223 Yes, medical bullshiters prey on people looking for cures and desperate or bored people 0:00:06.223,0:00:14.211 will believe what they want to believe. So, just to believe how strong the power 0:00:14.211,0:00:15.836 of suggestion really is, we spent all day at a popular mall. We set p a bunch of 0:00:15.836,0:00:23.591 outrageous fake medical equipment along with our very own fake doctor, who demonstrated our products to a 0:00:23.591,0:00:26.040 lot of willing believers. Like this lady. Tell me a little bit about what your problem 0:00:26.040,0:00:36.641 is. Oh, my problem is with my right wrist, it is something that kind of comes and goes and it makes it hard 0:00:36.641,0:00:39.985 for me to move my wrist where it is painful. 0:00:39.985,0:00:43.880 Magnet therapy, in case you didn't know, has been around for thousands of years. The 0:00:43.880,0:00:49.876 idea is that the magnets attract the iron in the blood so if you would like to try it, . . . 0:00:49.876,0:00:53.034 Sure - anything that would help relieve this pain . . .. 0:00:53.034,0:00:58.096 Alright. We started with a child's toy magnet to see how that would work. 0:00:58.096,0:01:09.567 Ooo. I do feel . . . Oh it feels like there is something kind of rushing through there . . . 0:01:09.567,0:01:12.075 A little rushing sensation. 0:01:12.075,0:01:17.230 Well, that magnet really seemed to be doing the trick. The only thing is, that earlier we demagnetized 0:01:17.230,0:01:23.080 all the magnets and they were not doing diddley. Since the small magnets worked so well, 0:01:23.080,0:01:28.560 how would a bigger magnet do? especially a phoney one made out of aluminum rain gutter? 0:01:28.560,0:01:30.279 Wow! 0:01:30.279,0:01:33.800 We want to put it above your hands here and start moving it and you tell me if you 0:01:33.800,0:01:38.778 feel anything. Is that stronger or . . .? 0:01:38.778,0:01:41.378 Oh, I feel it - right in here! 0:01:44.560,0:01:46.765 And it is a little stonger! 0:01:46.765,0:01:49.552 Our fake big boy magnet seemed to be doing the trick. But we were not through yet. 0:01:49.552,0:01:54.840 So let's try our magnomitts, and these not only have magnets on the outside, as you can see, 0:01:54.840,0:02:01.580 they have them sewn on the inside. See if this helps you to make it easier to do that for you? 0:02:01.580,0:02:09.474 You know something? I actually think I am feeling some kind of relief with this magnet! 0:02:09.474,0:02:16.951 Well, the magnomitts were really working, so our next product should be even more beneficial. [music] 0:02:16.951,0:02:22.480 Our very special magnohat. Our patient gave the product a thorough workout before giving us her verdict. 0:02:22.480,0:02:28.000 I have kind of a sensation of uh maybe a little more energy? 0:02:28.000,0:02:32.840 Well, the power of suggestion was working its magic, so we wanted to know how much she would pay for 0:02:32.840,0:02:36.085 a pair of magnomitts? 0:02:36.085,0:02:43.236 Uh, magnomits like this? Oh, maybe 30 dollars for the pair. 0:02:43.236,0:02:45.605 You know, if we worked her, she would go $50. 0:02:45.605,0:02:51.224 Our phony doctor had is own bit of chiropractic fun flammery to try out. But was anyone going to 0:02:51.224,0:02:58.794 fall for it? We have here a chiropractic coat. This is the first comsumer self-adjusting chiropractic 0:02:58.794,0:03:03.995 coat. it is all done with weights. Can you feel that weight? 0:03:03.995,0:03:05.080 Yeah. 0:03:05.080,0:03:11.100 I can see that you are just sort of listing a little bit to the left here. 0:03:11.100,0:03:12.122 Okay. 0:03:12.122,0:03:15.930 You can just pull these weights and redistribute them, if you wanted to just stick that 0:03:15.930,0:03:19.320 there, for example, very simple. Right? 0:03:19.320,0:03:21.085 Yeah. 0:03:21.085,0:03:24.243 Now we are going to take these weights here, and place them here. 0:03:24.243,0:03:27.633 So what we are going to do now is let you walk in the coat, and we will tak to each other 0:03:27.633,0:03:29.769 on this walky talky. 0:03:29.769,0:03:35.480 Okay. [Flute music] 0:03:35.480,0:03:37.710 How is it feeling? 0:03:37.710,0:03:43.794 It feels good, It feels good. Everything feels pretty much balanced. Might have a little more 0:03:43.794,0:03:45.800 weight to my left than my right. 0:03:45.800,0:03:49.042 Try changing that right now. 0:03:49.042,0:03:51.224 Okay, I made the adjustment. 0:03:51.224,0:03:53.035 Let me know how if feels. 0:03:53.035,0:03:57.040 It feels really good. I can feel it working my vertebras. 0:03:57.040,0:04:04.227 Raise your right arm. Lets put the right arm out and the left arm up. Try lifting 0:04:04.227,0:04:10.040 your leg onto the bench and just walking forward with your left foot on the bench and your 0:04:10.040,0:04:12.772 right foot on the ground. 0:04:12.772,0:04:20.240 Before using the chirocoat I felt more sluggish and after using the chirocoat I felt more energized, 0:04:20.240,0:04:25.218 it kind of pulled my vertebras together and made me feel a lot better than I did before. 0:04:25.218,0:04:27.633 What would you pay for a coat? 0:04:27.633,0:04:30.560 I would pay upwards to about 200 bucks. 0:04:30.560,0:04:36.643 So - let's go back to the mall to see if someone would take part in our good doctor's most ambitious s 0:04:36.643,0:04:38.825 scheme yet. 0:04:38.825,0:04:42.800 I hear your are here to have a little facial with our new patented mucous mask. 0:04:42.800,0:04:45.884 Yes sir. 0:04:45.884,0:04:47.463 Snail mucous, for example contains glycoprotein. 0:04:47.463,0:04:49.840 Yeah - he said snail mucous. 0:04:49.840,0:04:52.804 They are not really going to let us do this - are they? 0:04:52.804,0:04:57.320 Let's start going here. Feel good? 0:04:57.320,0:05:03.717 Mmhmm. They are nice and cool on my face. 0:05:03.717,0:05:06.225 Feel that? 0:05:06.225,0:05:09.847 Oh yeah. 0:05:09.847,0:05:27.030 As they move its like me feeling across my face - where they leave their mark, my skin 0:05:27.030,0:05:29.445 is tightening up. 0:05:29.445,0:05:34.507 Yeah - he is enjoying his snail facial, and it wasn't just him - others went along with this too. 0:05:34.507,0:05:38.440 Actually this is the first time I have ever heard of the mucous mask. It is a very 0:05:38.440,0:05:40.730 relaxing experience. 0:05:40.730,0:05:45.000 It feels better - I can tell especially underneath my eyes. 0:05:45.000,0:05:51.364 There is a little circular massaging movement. 0:05:51.364,0:05:59.259 Actually it is feeling pretty nice.. Like a mini-massage on my face. Like a little snail massage. 0:05:59.259,0:06:02.371 Its really cool, I like that. 0:06:02.371,0:06:05.946 And the snails can really sense where those eye wrinkles are and even more important, the snails 0:06:05.946,0:06:08.872 really care about getting rid of your wrinkles. 0:06:08.872,0:06:16.628 But surely people would not pay for this kind of treatment. 0:06:16.628,0:06:22.711 I would probably pay about $25 for a mucous mask treatment. 0:06:22.711,0:06:31.396 After their relaxing snail facial, it was time to find out what they felt were the benefits 0:06:31.396,0:06:33.346 of the mucous mask. 0:06:33.346,0:06:35.900 Oh, yeah, the wrinkles are gone around my eyes. 0:06:35.900,0:06:42.440 My face does feel tighter, like I have used an astringent or some type of mask. 0:06:42.440,0:06:50.157 It was all dry under there and now it is nice and smooth and relaxed. 0:06:50.157,0:06:59.863 [music] 0:06:59.863,0:07:05.018 These people are not stupid, these people are us. People trust others and sadly, sometimes 0:07:05.018,0:07:09.987 that is the problem. We hit the people in the mall with the snail and had a good laugh and 0:07:09.987,0:07:16.349 walked off. But some of these other doctors are at best taking money, and at worst hurting people. 0:07:16.349,0:07:20.520 In between taking people away from treatments that could really help. 0:07:20.520,0:07:24.476 Look, it is not our job to tell you how to live your life, but you don't want to be ripped off 0:07:24.476,0:07:29.631 just because you are not asking enough questions. Fortunately there were plenty of people 0:07:29.631,9:59:59.000 at the mall that knew the snails were bullshit, it just wasn't as funny, so we didn't show that.