Did you hear it - that sound was the last of your scientific credibility beating a hasty retreat.
No bryan
I didnt hear it.
and I dont see it as a credibility issue , I see it as
a way to save lives.
There are thousands of known cases where homeopathy has been known to take lives - usually through convincing patients not to continue with life-saving therapies.
in contrast, not one trial - including trials organized by homeopathic organizations - have ever found any benefit beyond placebo effects.
Take, for example:
Ernst E (2002). "A systematic review of systematic reviews of homeopathy". Br J Clin Pharmacol 54 (6): 577–582.
Reality is simple:
1) Homeopathic preparations are unlikely to contain a single molecule of the diluted agent,
2) Even the purest water will have contaminants at far higher concentrations than even the best-case scenario for the homeopathic "agent",
3) There is no scientifically valid basis to their claims - notably that "like cures like" and the water "remembers" things diluted in it.
Its pure hokum - nothing more than a scam to get money out of stupid people.
Bryan
