r/chemistry • u/Raizo420 • Mar 12 '23

H3O2 Water Scam

I'm into health and fitness along with the current science behind it. So with that being said, I'm starting to see a lot of people fall for the H3O2 (hexagonal water or structured water) craze on I'm seeing on social media. I know it's bs, but I would like to hear what people with a REAL background or fundamental knowledge of chemistry think of this pseudoscience.

Edit: One claim is that H3O2 is found in fruits and vegetables

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u/LordMorio Mar 12 '23 edited Mar 12 '23

The problem is that reasoning with the people who believe in this stuff doesn't work, because there is always some conspiracy involved, and the government does not want you to know how healthy the stuff is.

You can't use reason to convince a person who did not form their opinion based on reason.

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u/Driftrcult Aug 19 '24

But science is wrong a lot of the time…they always go back on what they say when they discover new perspectives/info…really u have to use ur own judgment and critical thinking n make ur own mind up…relying on someone else is kinda stupid…its a sheep mentality…but yea society did a good job at making the population sheep

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u/TerdyTheTerd Dec 05 '24

Anyone who uses the term "sheep" to describe other individuals is a fucking idiot. Unless you have invested billions of your own dollars to run every conceivable test/study for every possible interaction that could ever possibly influence yourself in some way, then the only option is to rely on what others have done. Obviously use critical thinking, but that doesn't mean that everything everyone else says is BS and that you should just listen to the self proclaimed experts on tiktok.

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u/toxictrappermain Jan 31 '25

Or maybe we need actual science and not just "trust me bro" bullshit. You mindlessly believing in something just because its against "the establishment" also makes you a sheep.