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- Trekhawk, on 10/17/2008, -1/+951). It's *****.
- inactive, on 10/17/2008, -0/+8We've all probably heard by now that we are all getting a bit of prescription drugs in our drinking water now due to people dumping their old drugs down the toilet. The reports also say that it is in amounts so small as to not have any real effect on drinkers of tap water. The funny thing is the amounts of those drugs in tap water, while minuscule, are actually of far greater than the concentrations of homeopathic medicines sold in stores.
Take whatever you want from that. Either tap water is the new panacea, or perhaps homeopathy is just tap water. - BigSabowski, on 10/17/2008, -1/+7Buried for crap science and well, its just crap.
- Justavian, on 10/17/2008, -1/+7* Fact 18 - Any remedy up to a 12c or a 24x potency still contains the original molecules of the substance and this is known as Avogadro's number.
WTF? Does this person even know what Avagadro's number *is*? Also - read this a second time. Anything more "potent" than whatever 24x is will NOT have the original molecules of the "cure" substance. Call it what it is - placebo. - Justavian, on 10/17/2008, -0/+5After reading the whole list - this scares me. It's sickening that people are so gullible. I understand how powerful placebo can be, and so i appreciate that this may have positive effects. But when people forsake *real* medical treatments because they've been told about the wonders of homeopathy - that's when we run into trouble. Then again, when someone dies after using one of these homeopathic "hospitals", maybe the family will decide to sue the pants off of them. There's no way they can prove in court that they're legit.
- LongShlong, on 10/17/2008, -1/+6I call *****.
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/the-pseudo ... - jdmzpf, on 10/17/2008, -0/+5haha "Fact 3 - Homeopathy is an evidence-based, empirical medicine."
bet they can't prove that - otakushark, on 10/17/2008, -1/+6I'd say this writer "drank the Kool-Aid" but since it's homeopathic Kool-Aid, there aren't actually any molecules of Kool-Aid left in it.
- BXRWXR, on 10/17/2008, -1/+5What two people do in the privacy of the bedroom is none of my concern.
- Jashobeam5, on 10/17/2008, -0/+3* Fact 20 - Homeopaths treat genetic illness, tracing its origins to 6 main genetic causes: Tuberculosis, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Psora (scabies), Cancer, Leprosy.
* Fact 31 - Big Pharma does not want the Public to find out how well homeopathy works!
* Fact 37 - Homeopathic medicines are not tested on animals.
* Fact 38 - Homeopathic medicines work even better on animals and babies than on adults, proving this cannot be placebo.
I can't believe people fall for this stuff. Parents and pet owners believe the stuff works, the kids and animals are not actually improving from the tap water. Plus, doesn't 38 cancel out 37? If it's not tested on animals, how do we know it works on animals? - Neiby, on 10/17/2008, -1/+3No, the person who wrote this is absolutely clueless about how to form an argument based on actual facts.
- Jashobeam5, on 10/17/2008, -1/+3Homepathy is just tap water.
- Justavian, on 10/17/2008, -0/+2Don't confuse herbal remedies and other natural cures with homeopathy. There are plenty of legitimate medicinal uses for natural plants and herbs. Homeopathy is pure, unadulterated ***** - unless it's simply classified as placebo.
The fact that celebrities use it gives it no additional credibility. Lots of celebrities are also Scientologists - and that's a blatant scam.
And *real* medicinal cures are individualized also. Provided you press your doctor to pay attention. In homeopathy, all "individualized" means is that they're going to give you a unique combination of vials of water - each with a different label to make you think they're different.
Again, i don't doubt the placebo effect here. But claiming it has some legitimate therapeutic effect beyond that is criminal. - Calcularius, on 10/18/2008, -0/+1I'm a homeosexual.
- slubby, on 10/22/2008, -1/+0My recent exposure to Homeopathy has been overwhelmingly positive. I didn't even know what it was 3 years ago but now I think it has tremendous value. Obviously people must do what feels right for them when it comes to health, but one cannot deny the pharmaceutical companies have too much influence into the Medical systems in Western countries.
- deejaydiablo, on 10/17/2008, -1/+0gets interesting after the first 10
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