Fallait-il débunker la géobiologie ?

Was it necessary to debunk geobiology? The question may seem provocative, given how unscientific and esoteric this practice was in @ggmilgram's investigations. But was it really necessary? Didn't geobiologists play a role in the agricultural ecosystem? And besides, does debunking this type of pseudoscience with a heavy dose of somewhat mocking rationality even work? Today on the Argumentarium, we're delving into these delicate questions... Please note: this is in no way a clash, a "debunking," or an attack on G. Milgram's groundbreaking work. It's simply about pushing the discussion a little further and experiencing a bit of cognitive dissonance. Because sometimes, it's fruitful... ---------------------------------------------------------------- This video is funded solely by your donations. If you would like to support the channel: Tipeee: https://fr.tipeee.com/largumentarium Patreon:   / largumentarium   Ulule: https://fr.ulule.com/l-argumentarium/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCES (among others): G. Milgram - An esoteric scam supported by the State 😑... (Investigation):    • Une arnaque ésotérique soutenue par l'État...   G. Milgram - The State, riddled with bullsh*t (Investigation: continuation and conclusion):    • L’État, noyauté par le bullsh*t (Enquête :...   Sylvain Laurens, Activism for Science: Rationalist Movements in France (1930-2005), Paris, EHESS, coll. “In Time & Place,” 2019, 244 pp., ISBN: 9782713227691. Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and Christine Blondel (eds.), Scholars Facing the Occult, 1870–1940, La Découverte, 2002, 236 pp. Available here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... Cécile Fries. Geobiology, Feng Shui, and Environmental Approaches in Housing: Professional Practices and Representations. Sociology. University of Lorraine, 2017. French. ffNNT: 2017LORR0057ff. fftel-01584224 https://theses.hal.science/tel-015842... ANSES, Consequences of extremely low frequency electromagnetic waves on animal health and zootechnical performance, 2015, https://www.anses.fr/fr/system/files/... Electricity in the Grass: An Investigation into Suffering Livestock Farms January 31, 2021, Manon Le Charpentier, Mediapart: https://www.mediapart.fr/studio/panor... Lioger, Richard. “Chapter 4. Anthropology of Rural Radiesthesia.” Rural Dowsers and Radiesthesists, Presses universitaires de Lyon, 1993, https://books.openedition.org/pul/37327 Fanny Charrasse, (2023). The Return of the Magical World: Magnetism and Paradoxes of Modernity. La Découverte. https://doi.org/10.3917/dec.chara.202.... Testing Dowsing: The Failure of the Munich Experiments, J. T. Enright, The Skeptical Inquirer, Volume 23, No. 1, January/February 1999, https://skepticalinquirer.org/1999/01... Betz, H.D., Kulzer, R., König, H.L., et al. Dowsing reviewed — the effect persists. Naturwissenschaften 83, 272–275 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01149600 Cyrille Bodin, “Zetetics or the Multiple Uses of a Scientistic Narrative of the Social World,” Les Enjeux de l’Information et de la Communication, no. 22/4, 2021, pp. 77–89, accessed Saturday, November 1, 2025, [online] URL: https://lesenjeux.univ-grenoble-alpes... Public Hearing on the Impact of Electromagnetic Waves on Farm Animals – OPECST – Thursday, February 18, 2021 https://videos.senat.fr/video.2127218... The Impact of Electromagnetic Fields on the Health of Livestock, Parliamentary Office Reports, Report No. 487 (2020-2021), tabled on March 25, 2021, https://www.senat.fr/rap/r20-487/r20-... Geobio Project: Exploratory Survey on the Knowledge and Practices of Geobiology in the Alpine Region, Research Report Labex ITTeM, 2022 https://labexittem.fr/projets/geobio-... Rationalism Facing Two Illusions, Yves Galifret, Raison présente, Year 1974, Persee: https://www.persee.fr/doc/raipr_0033-... Music: YouTube Audio Library