Little Sugar Pills: Why Fall For Homeopathy?

There's a variety of reasons why someone might believe in homeopathy.
Homeopathy isn't as powerful as its supporters claim it is -- the power of the human mind is greater. Which is why we have to use our minds, when it comes to getting the message out.
There's more to stopping homeopathy than taking an overdose of little sugar pills.

Written and presented by Kylie Sturgess of the Token Skeptic Podcast.
Kinetic Typography by Matt Rogers - at www.rogerscreations.com
Music by Milton Mermikides -- 'Primal Sound' -- at www.miltonmermikides.com.

From the Token Skeptic Podcast - http://tokenskeptic.org/2011/01/30/little-sugar-pills-why-fall-for-homeopathy...

References:
Beyond Belief: Skepticism, Science and the Paranormal -- Martin Bridgstock.
Tribal Science: Brains, Beliefs and Bad Ideas -- Michael McRae.
Trick Or Treatment? Alternative Medicine On Trial -- Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst.
Bad Science -- Ben Goldacre.
Thanks to -- Barbara Drescher and Mark Henn.

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[AuntieDiluvian]

Kylie, is it okay if I mirror this? Roz

[tokenskepticpodcast]

@AuntieDiluvian Hi - feel free to link to it, if that's what you mean? But please don't upload and redistribute. Thanks! :)

[tokenskepticpodcast]

@AuntieDiluvian There's also the option to download as a vodcast at the Token Skeptic site (it's on iTunes!)

[Hereticbooks]

...(cont.)... She paid the money and did what this guy said....and was dead not long afterwards. I know people are going to say that this woman was incredibly stupid. Though I know she wasn't the sharpest tool in the proverbial shed, however, it must be known that she was incredibly desperate. She was looking for ANYTHING that could save her, and this guy told her that he could. When I was a kid, there were laws against false advertising. This shit needs to be stopped! It needs to be illegal

[Hereticbooks]

This is SUCH an important issue that people need to be aware of. A few years ago, I had a friend who died because of homeopathy. She was diagnosed with a very aggresive breast cancer. The doctors told her she'd need a total mastectomy PLUS chemotherapy AND radiation. Only then would she have a 50/50 chance. She contacted a snake-oil salesman who gave her an elixer. A week or so later, she was told that her cancer was dead and she needed another elixer to wash it away..(cont

[mrgodbehere]

Fantastic Video!

[AuntieDiluvian]

@tokenskepticpodcast No worries - I would love it to reach a wider audience - I'll link to it when I get around to uploading video of the Perth 1023 meeting.