Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   (I suppose "dilluting makes the effect reverse" makes some kind of
> > sense... if you have the IQ of a 2-year-old, that is. I suppose the logic
> > might go something like: When you take the harmful element away by
> > dilluting, likewise the harmful *effect* goes away, and it takes away
> > the harmful effect in anything that it touches.)

> No, it's supposedly more like the vaccine mechanism. By taking the ghost of 
> the poison, your body overreacts and cures whatever has the same symptoms as 
> the poison.

  I bet that's just an explanation they came up with afterwards. The
2yo-level explanation sounds more plausible. ;)

> What I want to know is why people don't dilute placebos, then poison people 
> with it. The perfect murder weapon!

  Since homeopathic medicine is 100% natural, it can only have positive
effects, never negative, I suppose. (After all, synthetic = bad, natural =
good.)

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Darren New escreveu:
> nemesis wrote:
>> Warp Drive, her we go! :D
> 
> I read an article recently where theoretical physicists were arguing 
> over whether *if* you made a bubble of flat space with a vehicle inside, 
> and you moved it by squashing the space in front and stretching the 
> space behind, whether the radiation caused would disrupt the interface 
> between the two, and whether you could make two interfaces to prevent 
> that problem...
> 
> So, yes, real scientists really are working on a real warp drive, in 
> some sense. :-)

I heard of it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

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nemesis escreveu:
> Darren New escreveu:
>> nemesis wrote:
>>> Warp Drive, her we go! :D
>>
>> I read an article recently where theoretical physicists were arguing 
>> over whether *if* you made a bubble of flat space with a vehicle 
>> inside, and you moved it by squashing the space in front and 
>> stretching the space behind, whether the radiation caused would 
>> disrupt the interface between the two, and whether you could make two 
>> interfaces to prevent that problem...
>>
>> So, yes, real scientists really are working on a real warp drive, in 
>> some sense. :-)
> 
> I heard of it!
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

OTOH, some annoying skeptical just had to destroy the dream:

http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9702026

bummer! :P

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Warp wrote:
>   Since homeopathic medicine is 100% natural, it can only have positive
> effects, never negative, I suppose. (After all, synthetic = bad, natural =
> good.)
> 
<--- looks up the many cases of people dying from taking "natural" 
substances, including supplements, then looks up all the various cases 
where China or the like sold/continue to sell "natural" herbs that, due 
to a) poor packaging requirements and b) no testing of "dietary aids", 
have turned up with 3-4 times the lethal dose of actual pharmaceuticals 
in them.

Uh.. Don't think so.. lol


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nemesis wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> 
> Warp Drive, her we go! :D

	First, I believe Warp is a he.

	Second, it's rude to give orders.

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Patrick Elliott wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   Since homeopathic medicine is 100% natural, it can only have positive
>> effects, never negative, I suppose. (After all, synthetic = bad, 
>> natural =
>> good.)
>>
> <--- looks up the many cases of people dying from taking "natural" 
> substances, including supplements, then looks up all the various cases 
> where China or the like sold/continue to sell "natural" herbs that, due 
> to a) poor packaging requirements and b) no testing of "dietary aids", 
> have turned up with 3-4 times the lethal dose of actual pharmaceuticals 
> in them.
> 
> Uh.. Don't think so.. lol

Warp forgot to turn on the neon sarcasm sign.

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Mueen Nawaz wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>
>> Warp Drive, her we go! :D
> 
> 	First, I believe Warp is a he.
> 
> 	Second, it's rude to give orders.

I knew that typo would get me in trouble. ;)

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