Ramanand Jhingade

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'''Ramanand Rao V. Jhingade''' is a Bangalore-based [[naturopath]] and [[hypnotherapist]]. He bills himself as "a qualified [[homeopathy|homeopathic doctor]], certified hypnotherapist, [[Reiki]] master, [[Silva method]] graduate & so on." <ref>[http://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ARamanand_Jhingade&action=historysubmit&diff=706622&oldid=706617]</ref> Jhingade has a marginal presence on the internet, running a [[webshite]] that promotes [[pseudoscience]] and [[quack medicine|extraordinary medical claims]].  
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'''Ramanand Rao V. Jhingade''' is a Bangalore-based [[naturopath]] and [[hypnotherapist]]. He bills himself as "a qualified [[homeopathy|homeopathic doctor]], certified hypnotherapist, [[Reiki]] master, [[Silva method]] graduate & so on." <ref>[http://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ARamanand_Jhingade&action=historysubmit&diff=706622&oldid=706617]</ref> Jhingade has a marginal presence on the internet, running a website that promotes [[pseudoscience]] and [[quack medicine|extraordinary medical claims]].  
  
 
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Ramanand Rao V. Jhingade is a Bangalore-based naturopath and hypnotherapist. He bills himself as "a qualified homeopathic doctor, certified hypnotherapist, Reiki master, Silva method graduate & so on." [1] Jhingade has a marginal presence on the internet, running a website that promotes pseudoscience and extraordinary medical claims.

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Website claims

Jhingade argues, among other things, that by following his treatments patients can be "cured of any 'incurable' disease." While some of his shtick is the same tired woo seen across the internet such as stress reduction and weight loss, Jhingade has taken it to a new level. Some highlights include:[2]

  • "Find a most satisfying job without much effort"
  • "Learn remote viewing"
  • "Learn telepathy [and] ESP"
  • "Get whatever through guided visualization (a car, a house, money etc.)"

While the idea that people can gain superhero-like psychic powers is laughable, Jhingade also pushes a darker brand of woo and quack medicine. He makes farcical claims about being able to cure a range of incurable and/or lethal diseases, including AIDS, cancer, cirrhosis, heart problems, diabetes, sexually transmitted diseases, and kidney failure, mostly through the administration of distilled water.[2]

These claims of being able to cure life-threatening illnesses with worthless treatments may delay standard, proven treatment and thereby cause significant harm or even loss of life. Should this happen Jhingade would cross the line from being a harmless goof to something far worse.

Ramanand Jhingade vs. the Internet

While his website is a good source for discredited and patently absurd medical and psychic treatments, Jhingade's primary claim to fame is his tireless crusade to defend homeopathy and other alternative medicine on the internet, primarily through blogs and wikis.

He first showed up at Wikipedia putting links to random homeopathic sites and "on-line books" all over talk pages.[3] He was quickly banned for sockpuppetry[4] and spamming.[5]

After failing at Wikipedia, he turned to the blogs where he ranted about his ill treatment by the conspiracy of skeptics, and spammed links to his website calling for a general uprising and imploring people to buy his products.[6]

Currently Jhingade's venue of choice appears to be Larry Sanger's Citizendium, where he and Dana Ullman have taken up the banner for homeopathy, much to the chagrin of the few remaining rational members. He has also called out RationalWiki specifically for our coverage of Citizendium in general and particularly our analysis of the homeopathic crank magnet it has become.[7] Those amused by unsubstantiated outraged ranting may also like to peruse his comments on the talk page of this article.

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Footnotes

  1. [1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ramanand Jhingade's website
  3. Jhingade spamming wikipedia
  4. Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Dr.Jhingaadey
  5. Jhingade's Wikipedia user talk page with discussion of block for spamming
  6. See comments section for Jhingade's spam
  7. Jhingade calling out RationalWiki at CZ
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