What's the Harm: Homeopathy

Homeopathy, grounded in the belief that water has a memory, just doesn't work. Rational skeptics anger and inflame proponents of homeopathic because we demand evidence of effectiveness. Evidence, according to a concordance of studies, that just doesn't exist.

1. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2002 December; 54(6): 577582.
A systematic review of systematic reviews of homeopathy
E Ernst

2. Lancet. 1997 Sep 20;350(9081):834-43.
Are the clinical effects of homeopathy placebo effects? A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials.
Linde K, Clausius N, Ramirez G, Melchart D, Eitel F, Hedges LV, Jonas WB.

3. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2006 December; 62(6): 645646.
Homoeopathy: the effective promotion of ineffective remedies?
E Ernst

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• medicine
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• meta-analysis
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• skeptic

[theshiznojudge]

if 80x is 1 molecule / 1 our universe, then wouldn't anything above that be impossible? also wouldn't that mean that a homeopathic pill of 100x means that u have to swallow something 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 times larger than the entire universe? im going to need a BIG glass of milk!

[C0nc0rdance]

@theshiznojudge

I need to sit down and calculate the numbers, but I suppose every homeopathic solution is about a 10C solution of urine, feces, fishguts, chemical effluent, sawdust, human cadaver, and even ultra-pure water has a high level of chlorine, calcium, etc. on that scale.

[C0nc0rdance]

@Kingfillins

Sure.  What points that I have advanced do I need to be more critical of?

I've asked eight questions of fact so far. You have answered none of them. Are you unwilling or unable, or did you simply miss them?

[Lolagoestohollywood]

@theshiznojudge No, as far as I understand it they take the original mixture, take a small part of it and put it into a glass with water, than take a drop of that and put it into new water, etc.

[0Krusnik0]

A rather serious question, but what can one do to get this crap removed from a store? I happen to work at one...

[TheCraziestFox]

Homeopathy offsets high levels of dulution with high levels of delusion.

[Hereticbooks]

A homeopathy pseudo-doctor killed my friend a few years ago who had breast cancer. He had her drink an elixer and later told her that her cancer was dead.

[hobbitsarecool]

I am actually going to make a video about why homeopathy is bullshit but I will not take a scientific approach but an economic one.