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  Re: Why homeopathy can be dangerous  
From: Warp
Date: 26 Mar 2010 02:35:34
Message: <4bac55b6@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Altho when you start getting into the actual numbers like 30C, you find out 
> that it's literally impossible to create such a dilution. It would take more 
> than all the oceans in the world to dilute something that much, so you'd 
> have to go back to the water you'd already thrown out and re-use it in the 
> dilution process.

  To get a 1:10^30 dilution you only need 30 cubic units of water.

  Suppose you have 30 containers with 0.9 liters of water in each (totaling
27 liters). Put 0.1 liters into the first container, then take 0.1 liters
from this solution, put it in the second container, then take 0.1 liters of
this solution, put it in the third container, and so on.

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                                                          - Warp


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