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Science vs. Homeopathy
Mr. E writes "Ars Technica has an interesting look at pseudoscience as it applies to homeopathy. While most discussions about what science is get derailed by the larger controversies surrounding them, Ars chose a relatively uncontroversial pseudo-science to examine so that they could examine the factors which make homeopathy a psuedo-science: ignoring settled issues in science, misapplication of real science, rejection of scientific standards, claims of suppression, large gaps between the conclusion and evidence, and a focus only on the fringes of what we currently understand."
Homeopathy is when you don't care either way about the gays
Prepare for the Keith World Order
Which reminds me, that "Head On" junk advertised on TV is homeopathic. My advice is to use bottled water instead:
"Evian: apply it directly to the gullible"
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
and the suppression of homeopathy.
Only Women Bleed (Sex, Sharia remix)
The more you rinse them, the stronger the soap becomes!
Enjoy your placebo effect, people.
You can't take the sky from me...
Also, funnily enough, they look at taste like M&Ms.
How lucky you are. Right there in France, we have a big lab called "Boiron" that's leader in homeopathy, makes regular mess in the media and have a *lot* of the population believe in its lies.
Eh, our nuts believe the earth is 6000 years old, and want to teach that crap in schools as science. If your nuts only make a stink in the media, I'd say you're the lucky ones.
AccountKiller
Walgreens has a pretty good price on Cebocap #3 - $46.29 for 100, and everyone knows the orange ones are the strongest!
One time, a buddy and I went into a homeopathy/herbal healing store and noticed the ear candles. When we asked the lady what they do she said "It's like smudging your insides!" We immediately left the store to relieve the uproarious laughter from such a nonsensical, yet enthusiastic response.
Quack cult people are a strange breed. How is the layman supposed to be able to decipher their inane technobabble?
I, for one, am looking forward to the inevitable
If only we could combine the two. Then we could sell them Jesus Water and make a mint!
The Farewell Tour II
That's called Wine. French people already sell it to us.
Please, for the good of Humanity, vote Obama.
Those bastards! Well I've got a trick for them. I'm going to distill their wine in water and sell it back to them. One bottle of wine has got to be good for infinite bottles of Jesus's Homeopathic Patriot Water.
The Farewell Tour II
Uh, this is Slashdot. Everyone else here knows that the correct way to debunk pseudoscience is to post a link to a YouTube video of Penn & Teller making ad hominem attacks while shouting "Bullshit!" at the camera...
What part of "a well regulated militia" do you not understand?
You put it next to a crystal, Duh.
Are you kidding ? I've been using colloidal silver for years, and have yet to contract a life threatening illness.
Which reminds me, that "Head On" junk advertised on TV is homeopathic.
Wait! You mean those irritating ads are for something that isn't even real medicine? That's it! I no longer have any reason not to burn down their company for those awful ads.
Ar-son. Apply directly to the headquarters.
Ar-son. Apply directly to the headquarters.
Ar-son. Apply directly to the headquarters.
If it's for-profit but free, you're not the customer -- you're the product (e.g., the Slashdot Beta's "audience").
It's always nice to hear a positive story from a chiropractic patient on a forum such as this. And yeah, for the most part, I agree that there is something to the theory of disease being able to be caused by misalignment.
I generally have excellent success with back pain/neck pain/headaches/knees. I have decent success with hips/shoulders/ankles. Everything else, I'm happy to make an attempt at. Do I tell people with Crohn's disease that I can help them? No. I do occasionally have good results with minor digestive issues though. There are few things more satisfying than making a patient with chronic constipation sprint for the bathroom.
Quackwatch? ha. I appreciate the concept and I agree with a lot of the skepticism shown there about different topics, but Stephen Barrett seems to have an old-school AMA hate for chiropractors, which I think is humorous. But it also taints his opinions on the rest of the site, in my mind.
Colloidal Silver? Probably not a good idea.
Magnetic Healing? Probably something to it. Many types of electromagnetism have different effects on the body. I could see it working, but that doesn't validate the $15 magnetic bracelet at the counter at Walgreens.
Acupuncture? Definitely does something, but I don't think we know exactly what. Hopefully the Chinese will figure it out and let us know.
Homeopathy? I've never been to a practitioner, but I'm honestly not too confident in the concepts. Water memory? I believe that water memory could possibly be true. If you take a volume of pure water and let it approach equilibrium, I assume that the whole mass will oscillate/vibrate/move at some frequency. If you introduce copper atoms(for example) into the water, they probably would have some effect on the water's previous vibrational state, by introducing a vibrational state of its own. Now, remove the copper. Does the water immediately go back to its original state, or does the water retain some of the effects of the copper addition? I don't know, to be honest with you. IANAB(iophysicist). But I would not say that it is impossible. And if water memory has even a bit of truth to it, then I'd believe that homeopathy could also have a bit of truth though. But we currently have no good proof of either.
I can understand the doubting attitude towards a lot of 'alternative medicine' but I really have a hard time feeling that chiropractic belongs in that category anymore. Your family practitioner isn't going to be able to do much for that back pain you've got.
Homeopathy though? I continue to doubt.
you science-nazis
Oh, this should be good..
Only once something can be clearly dismissed is it okay to see it as a fraud.
That's why we call Homeopathy a fraud. It never had any plausibility in the first place.
Also did you know that the pill can kill (yes, kill. Not lessen, fucking KILL) a womens sex drive? My wife had this problem.
Is that what she told you?
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
My oldest son is 11 months to the day younger than my oldest daughter. "Breast feeding as birth control" advocates can kiss my counter-anecdotal butt.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Like does cure like.
That's the way it works with alcohol.