Homeopathy (31)

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MushroomGirl
Posted by MushroomGirl on Sun 7 Mar 10, 8:17 PM

For some reason tonight I feel the need to make my feelings known that homeopathy is a complete and utter load of toss.

My view of course would be different if I were the one getting insanely rich off the back of it.

Some links which probably better explain my views.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0

http://www.badscience.net/

http://exchange.bristolskeptics.co.uk/

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7 Mar 10, 8:23 PM
Dovetail
UK, 18 mths

Like everything, there is good and bad.
Q What did people use before Beechams etc factories?
A Natural products
If they were successful they got burned as witches.
Homeopaths just can't win!

Edited 7 Mar 10, 8:26 PM by Dovetail

7 Mar 10, 8:33 PM
MrTom
UK, 6 yrs
Dove2009 wrote:
Homeopaths just can't win!

Yes they can. Just present evidence from randomised double-blind trials under controlled conditions, which shows repeatable results superior to placebo. Piece of cake.
Oh, hang on - they can't. According to homeopaths, those sort of trials aren't valid for their special remedies. Instead, they presumably rely on their own assessments which the rest of us are not equipped to understand.

7 Mar 10, 8:38 PM
MushroomGirl
UK(DE), 4 yrs

Dove2009 wrote:
Like everything, there is good and bad.
Q What did people use before Beechams etc factories?
A Natural products
If they were successful they got burned as witches.
Homeopaths just can't win!

There is NO good or bad regarding homeopathy. It is just completely ineffective which is what upsets me.
There is a world of difference between chewing on a piece of willow bark which actually contains an effective analgesic to cure pain and taking statistically negligable quanties of random plants essentially because someone 'just decided' that those would cure the common cold. It is madness, foolishness and I have had enough of it.
You say homeopaths can't win... Oh but they can, they do and they have. And that is precisely the problem.
On the other hand I genuinely quesiton why I care that a bunch of GROLIs (Guardian Readers of Limited Intelligence) want to believe in this crap.
I've just had it with the stupidity.
Fuck homeopathy. Fuck it in the ass and leave a suppository of enlightenment there.
"Quit? Once I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer, all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and I won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit" L.Armstrong

7 Mar 10, 8:40 PM
MushroomGirl
UK(DE), 4 yrs

MrTom wrote:
Yes they can. Just present evidence from randomised double-blind trials under controlled conditions, which shows repeatable results superior to placebo. Piece of cake.
Oh, hang on - they can't. According to homeopaths, those sort of trials aren't valid for their special remedies. Instead, they presumably rely on their own assessments which the rest of us are not equipped to understand.

Amen to that brother
"Quit? Once I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer, all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and I won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit" L.Armstrong

7 Mar 10, 8:41 PM
Elohims_jay
UK(B), 5 yrs
Y!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_htqDCP-s
:: smiles ::
"You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough." ~ George Moore

7 Mar 10, 8:52 PM
MushroomGirl
UK(DE), 4 yrs

Elohims_jay wrote:

Fucking awesome!
"Quit? Once I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer, all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and I won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit" L.Armstrong

7 Mar 10, 9:09 PM
rodm99
UK(CB), 5 yrs
I'm stunned by this outburst of rationality on IC!

'Twosies beats onesies, but nothing beats three...'

7 Mar 10, 9:12 PM
proccie
UK(HP), 4 yrs

Elohims_jay wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_htqDCP-s
:: smiles ::
Thanks you beat me to it.
"You know what they call alternative medicine that has been proved to work?"
"Medicine."
Zen S&M: The sound of one hand smacking.
'()_/)
(>'.'<)
(")_(") < MINE!

7 Mar 10, 9:13 PM
proccie
UK(HP), 4 yrs

Can we have a go at the Anti-Vaxers whilst we are at it?
Zen S&M: The sound of one hand smacking.
'()_/)
(>'.'<)
(")_(") < MINE!

7 Mar 10, 9:16 PM
MushroomGirl
UK(DE), 4 yrs

rodm99 wrote:
I'm stunned by this outburst of rationality on IC!

I think it was the horoscope thread that set me off... Horoscopes are only topped by homeopathy in terms of flakey crap.
"Quit? Once I was thinking about quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer, all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and I won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit" L.Armstrong

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