An interesting proposal that followers of New Age solutions are unable to tolerate any ambiguities in life.
http://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/uncertainty-in-medicine/
"Cranks and quacks lack humility in the face of disease; they demonstrate
the arrogance of ignorance. They lure their victims with false promises
of miracle cures for incurable diseases and less scary “natural”
alternatives to surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and drugs. They don’t
know what they don’t know, and that makes them very dangerous."