Horizon Tests Homeopathy - Part 5 of 5

In November 2002, the BBC's Horizon program tried to win Randi's $1,000,000 by demonstrating that there might be some science behind homeopathy. They failed on both counts. Part 5 of 5

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[battenburgs]

Thanks for posting, I really enjoyed this program!

What the homeopaths should consider when waxing lyrical about water's so-called memory is that the world's water supply is horribly polluted - with everything from toxic chemicals to the waste and decay from the creatures that live in it. So if water really does have a ‘memory’ then it’s NOT happy and we’re all in trouble!!

[rush7777me7777]

They also needed a control with histamine UNDILUTED so that activated cells could be observed, otherwise the observing scientists could just say: no cells were activated in either group.

[FiverBeyond]

@wendyoffroad

Even this dilution is nothing compared to the dilution rate of homeopathic medicines. Homeopathic medicines are equivalent to a single drop of blood in all of earth's oceans combined.

[wendyoffroad]

Soooo... what about sharks that can detect a single drop of blood in 100,000 gallons of saltwater?

[94jmcorrea]

Further investigation does NOT need to be done on this topic! there are limited funds for research, investigating these kind of hypothesis is a big WASTE OF THE SCIENTIST'S TIME AND RESOURCES. We should limit our research to proposals that at least sound plausible!

[legionmantis]

uh, WRONG! This so called "scientist" was shaking each dilution with one of those supposed "medical" devices which vibrates the test tube.

We all know that each dilution cylinder needs to be tapped against a leather bound Bible for the succussion to work.

DUH!

[Broax]

@ivanmikhailov are you for real?

[ogfunk187]

How come then Jacque Benviste and Madeline Ennis (and the peer-reviewed journal which published Ennis work) got it wrong? When they didnt switch the labels, the high dilutions did work, when Nature and Horizon switched the labels, the high dilutions did not work. Im more puzzled than before!!

[ivanmikhailov]

OF COURSE IT DOESN'T WORK!!!! When you imbue the solutions with negative energy and skepticism, they lose their power! This is evidence of nothing!!!!!!!!!! This is an ancient science that helps hundreds of billions of people. This is so clearly rigged and/or counteracted by James Randi's toxic thought energies.

[battenburgs]

I find it interesting when people scoff at modern medicine saying it is a money-grubbing industry - conveniently ignoring the fact that the homeopathy industry is worth billions! I also find it amusing that the very people who scoff at ‘Western’ medicine are the FIRST in line when it comes to themselves being sick – if they get in a nasty car accident and have internal injuries or need an amputation…funny how they never go to a homeopath then…

[Christopholaes]

@battenburgs I so agree, and that's just the tip of the iceberg! Think about it if I eat a very balanced regular meal for a week. Save all my piss(maybe my crap too), dilute it to homeopathic levels with water (your body digest nowhere near all the nutrients before passing rest as water waste). Then simply drink that water, i should have perfect health, nutritionally. And after all that dilution enough to live on for the rest of my life easily? If they are right that would work, yet none try?