The Enemies of Reason - The Irrational Health Service

A clip about homeopathic medicine, taken from part two of the documentary series, "The Enemies of Reason", with Richard Dawkins.

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[salimm]

LOLOLOLOL! Always knew this Dawkins wanker was nothing but a fraud - first he takes money from zionists to trash Islam and Christianity and now he takes on Homeopathy at the request of big Pharma - wonder who he'll prostitute himself to next?

[zakiechan]

@salimm I have a video trashing homeopathy. How do I get my check?

[salimm]

@zakiechan

Get a job on any of those 'conservative' think tanks or Fox News - they have ties to Big Pharma - they'll hire anybody - but don't trash the military or Israel!

[zakiechan]

@salimm Wait... so Dawkins makes a video about silly medical treatments (which include homeopath), and apparently gets paid? But when I do it, I don't get anything? This is bullcrap!!

Of course, there is also the possibility that homeopathy really is nonsense (as the evidence shows).

Also, Dawkins trashes Judaism as well. Who paid him for that?

[salimm]

@zakiechan

WHAT evidence? Big Pharma is upset at the fact that more and more people are seeking alternative remedies since they can't afford the overinflated medical costs so they start this badly made propaganda piece?

Oh, and speaking of Dawkins on Jews, here is what I found "When you think about how fantastically successful the Jewish lobby has been...more or less monopolize American foreign policy.." Doesn't sound like he's trashing them - more like he wants to EMULATE them, eh?

[zakiechan]

@salimm Go to my other video on homeopathy, and I list 20 studies that show it doesn't work.

Also, many homeopathic remedies are made by the same companies that make real medicine. There is a difference between the PR and religious beliefs of Jews.

Could you list anything Dawkins says about homeopathy that is factually wrong, and not supported by the scientific literature?

[QuantumOverlord]

@farmerjohn010 Im sorry to say this. Quantum mechanics and relitavity are a very good model for our surroundings, Homeopathy is not. Incidently You said Mathmatical physists dont understand stuff. This is incorrect, Physics IS maths, which you begin to understand after you have studied it for as long as I have. The whole of physics that we understand can be expressed mathematically. Homeopathy contradicts Quantum mechanics incidently. Also Dawking Does belive in quantum mechanics as Do I

[QuantumOverlord]

@farmerjohn010 Please Explain to me why Double blinding is unscientific. Double blinding is designed to eraticate confounding variables that result from the placebo effect on the part of the conductors of the experiment and the volenteers. Double blinding is a perfectly valid method that should always be applied if possible.

[tigranvartanovitch]

@salimm "...unlike you who seems to follow what the voices in his head tell him!" I like it. Thanks, salimm. I'll start using that myself.

[schwarzfalk]

@ronnysoeberg "Why do people get pissy about homeopathy?"

aye that's what I wondered when I read that long msg :|

anyway even if we assume that all those it has helped where standard stuff failed were somehow trippin' & are still sick, I'll point out that the "quacks" are actually MDs ("medical doctors" - so they can prescribe standard drugs too), at least here in the EU. they just chose to specialise in an xtra field

also it's covered by social security (not that it costs much in taxes anyway)

[ronnysoeberg]

@schwarzfalk Did he at any time say that western medicine was 100%? Cause I didn't hear that.. When I say "homeopathy is bullshit", does that instantly mean that I think that scientology is right? Or that I believe bloodletting cures the hiccups? Nope. It means just what I said. Homeopathy is bullshit. Why do people get pissy about homeopathy? You're paying equal amounts of $ to a quack as you would going to a trained doctor and getting scientifically proven meds.. Or just drink from the tap.

[GADGETRONsc]

@salimm oh so you're a conspiracy nut. great.........

[schwarzfalk]

hum...now that's disappointing. always figured this bloke to be a man of reason. now it turns out he's also pandering to the almighty drug industry. lol

[vincedeporter]

@salimm Yes -- on this point you are right. But this is well publicized news... no hidden conspiracy there. The problem with attacking Monsanto is that groups like the Organic Consumers Association create bad publicity for themselves and risk losing their big clients like Walmart or Target, to name a few. They had to compromise. The problem is not a little slander here, but the bigger problem of corporations. This has NOTHING to do with Dawkins. Damn! I almost got caught following a red herring!

[vincedeporter]

@salimm Well for one, I didn't give my comment after giving myself credit for my writing and drawing comic books. (You say "I used to work at a newspaper SO it infuriates me..."). It's normal I question your background because you have put it forward as part of your argument.

Your conspiracy theory makes no sense, consequently you just "announce" with not even a shred of evidence or links to corroborate your accusations.

[salimm]

I don't have a problem with anyone trashing or defending Homeopathy - it's just that when Dawkins, Hitchens or their ilk are involved the credibility of the project must be called into question as these people have an agenda - I mean, I always found it funny that these guys claim to b atheists yet get massive publicity from guys like Bill Maher who are rabidly pro-Israel (a theocratic state) ! And if you notice their dialogue - all their talking points are the same - as if they've been vetted!

[salimm]

I don't even have a tin foil hat - I'm jealous! How's your straight jacket?

Dude, there was a study conducted by technicians showing that homeopathy works published by The Times of India - The people involved are of solid scientific backgound so no tin-foils there! Homeopathy is used by the dairy industry to cure mastitis - but I'm sue that all the cows have til foils around their heads!

[salimm]

@vincedeporter

these companies can't really "invent" slander - that's weird - Monsanto (a big Pharma company which has ties to several leading Republican politicians tried to sue an organic farmer for illegally using their products when THEIR seeds cross pollinated with his crop that was nearby! He should be the one suing them for contaminating HIS crop!