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Permalink Reply by Lisa on November 25, 2010 at 4:10am

Homeopathy is taking some substance and diluting it and diluting it and diluting it to somewhere like one part in a thousand parts water. What they're selling is literally water. The idea is that this tiny dilution of the substance is like a vaccination. It is supposed to cause the body to react to it and heal itself. Its all bullshit because the more dilute something is, the stronger they consider it to be. It drives me nuts.

Now if you can stand that, my sister in law is heavily into Reiki. Waving your fingers around, channeling the "energy of the universe", OMG, she makes me crazy.

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Permalink Reply by Kai on January 14, 2011 at 3:42pm

It's obvious that James Randi is immune to death.
As a result, it seems the only logical thing to do is set up a religion/cult focused on his obvious supernatural powersd and claim tax-exempt status.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa on January 14, 2011 at 4:01pm

LOL!

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Permalink Reply by Andrea Steele on January 15, 2011 at 6:46am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyg5xo8gJZk

 

Me and my family did the same thing in support of the 10:23 Campaign of skeptics in the U.K. Here is a link to the video.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa on January 14, 2011 at 4:00pm

I abhor homeopathy and all its pseudoscience cousins. It makes me absolutely crazy when people defend it or give it the least bit of credibility.   People just want to believe in magic, that's all I can figure.   But it does get under my skin, big time.   

 

Try to debate someone who believes in it and you will feel like you're bashing your head against a stone wall.  I have a sis-in-law who believes in all that shit.  I love her but most days I want to choke her.

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Permalink Reply by Kai on January 14, 2011 at 4:31pm

I think the problem comes with the idea that modern medicines are derived from plants and plant substitutes.

My mother has a PhD in Biochemistry which she earned many years ago and, due to the arrival of my sister and I never continued on with. She never did any research on the "theories" behind homeopathy in her time as a PhD student or therafter. While she understands the basic premise that homeopathy is a complete load, there is doubt in her mind because of the idea that plants and modern medicine are connected in some ways.

 

All you need is a shred of doubt to allow a new belief to grow. That can work for or against atheists and skeptics. Homeopaths don't have to tell people the reasons that homeoptahy "works", they only have to sow the seeds of doubt with technically true but misrepresented facts such as the plant to medicine connection.

 

anyway. this was a bit of a ramble, i apologize. the point is, doubt is a powerful tool. The fact the Homeopaths manipulate it to deceive people is what really pisses me off.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher McGuire on January 15, 2011 at 12:51am

Hey, hey now, people...

Homeopathy WORKS!!!

Why, just the other day, I used an herbal remedy, heavily diluted in H2O to cure what ailed me...

And the amazing part is, IT WORKED!

Now for the punchline: The 'herbal remedy' (aspirin), diluted in my stomach, after drinking plenty of water (and an hour or two to let it settle in), actually did cure my ailment (hangover)...

In reality, homeopathy is a bunch of bullshit. Every time I see some snake-oil salesman selling 'magical' water to morons, I want to kick him in the head. Fuck pseudoscience, and the horse it rode in on...

 

~Maggie

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Permalink Reply by Isaac on January 15, 2011 at 2:38am

Here is an experiment that I thought of that tests the validity of the principles of homeopathy. It can be performed at your average college party. Pour a few shots of vodka or other hard liquor into a cup. Take a larger cup, fill it up with water, put a tiny drop of hard liquor in it, and stir it up. Give the cup with the liquor to one guy. Give the homeopathic solution to another guy. Have them quickly drink the entire contents of their cups. If homeopathy is true, then the guy who drank the diluted solution should get way more drunk than the guy who just drank multiple shots of vodka.

I just owned homeopathy. I think I'mma make this into a blog post.

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Permalink Reply by Kai on January 15, 2011 at 2:47am

hey.... that's super dangerous. the guy who drinks the homeopathic drink might die of alcohol poisoning.... it's far too reckless. haha.

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Permalink Reply by Isaac on January 15, 2011 at 3:23am

Did you hear about the guy who died from a homeopathic overdose? Apparently, he forgot to take his meds.

 

James Randi FTW!

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Permalink Reply by Kirk Holden on January 15, 2011 at 8:33am

To paraphrase Hank Hill on tattoos and piercing - I'm glad some people accept Homeopathy because I can tell right away who just ain't right.

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Permalink Reply by Kai on January 15, 2011 at 12:09pm

Hank Hill seems to have all the answers, doesn't he?

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