Some people argue that since homeopathic substances amount to placebos in
practice, the entire phenomenon of homeopathy is more or less innocuous
(unless you count people spending money on it for nothing).

  Not so:
http://www.news.com.au/national/babys-eczema-death-was-parents-fault/story-e6frfkvr-1225708504277

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On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:00:44 -0400, Warp wrote:

>   Some people argue that since homeopathic substances amount to placebos
>   in
> practice, the entire phenomenon of homeopathy is more or less innocuous
> (unless you count people spending money on it for nothing).

Sure - a belief in the "power" of homeopathy can prevent people from 
seeking true treatments as well (I didn't read the story yet).

Jim

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Warp wrote:
>   Some people argue that since homeopathic substances amount to placebos in
> practice, the entire phenomenon of homeopathy is more or less innocuous

Homeopathy is innocuous. Believing it works is the danger. :-)

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   but to different destinations.

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On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:17:58 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Warp wrote:
>>   Some people argue that since homeopathic substances amount to
>>   placebos in
>> practice, the entire phenomenon of homeopathy is more or less innocuous
> 
> Homeopathy is innocuous. Believing it works is the danger. :-)

Point to Darren. :-)

Jim

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On 23/03/2010 9:17 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> Some people argue that since homeopathic substances amount to placebos in
>> practice, the entire phenomenon of homeopathy is more or less innocuous
>
> Homeopathy is innocuous. Believing it works is the danger. :-)
>

Believing it works for others, especially your children, is criminal.

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	Stephen

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> Homeopathy is innocuous. Believing it works is the danger. :-)

Believing it works is the cure...

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On 23/03/2010 9:57 PM, TC wrote:
>> Homeopathy is innocuous. Believing it works is the danger. :-)
>
> Believing it works is the cure...
>
>
>

And that can work.

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	Stephen

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> And that can work.

Exactly what I was trying to say. ;-)

I find the notion that a medicine becomes stronger as it gets diluted a 
rather strange one.

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On 23/03/2010 10:39 PM, TC wrote:

>> And that can work.
>
> Exactly what I was trying to say. ;-)
>

I know. :-D

> I find the notion that a medicine becomes stronger as it gets diluted a
> rather strange one.
>


The same way a brain gets stronger the less you use it.


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	Stephen

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>>   Some people argue that since homeopathic substances amount to placebos 
>> in
>> practice, the entire phenomenon of homeopathy is more or less innocuous
>
> Homeopathy is innocuous. Believing it works is the danger. :-)

I have no problem with people believing in stuff like that.  What is the 
danger is when a) you are talking about a serious condition (not just a 
cough or a headache), and b) you refuse to change your belief when it is 
*obvious* it is not working.

Even with conventional medicine that has a scientifically proven benefit, if 
it's not working in your particular case, most people would accept that fact 
and try another medicine.  For someone to be using something on a child in 
the first place that has never been proven better than placebo, and then to 
refuse to try something else when it's not working, *that* is criminal.

I really wonder whether the people who make this stuff really do believe in 
it, or whether they are just laughing at all the idiots giving them lots of 
money for tap water?

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