Last January, four men were arrested at a Motel 6 Tigard after allegedly carrying eight barrels of liquid heroin, which turned out to be 99.999% water.
That’s cool, but it’s not homeopathy. That’s micro dosing.
For it to be homeopathy, the peanut proteins would need to be so diluted in water, that hundreds of Olympic swimming pools full of the solution would be unlikely to contain a single molecule of peanut protein. All that’s left is the water infused with 👋👋PeAnUt EnErGy👋👋.
In micrososing and with this peanut thing, there are actually molecules of the thing you’re taking in the solution, just very small amounts.
In homeopathy, there isn’t any. At all. Zilch. None. Squat. Bupkiss. Nada. Elvis has left the building. Who? Dave? … Dave’s not here. This parrot is no more, it has ceased to be, it is bereft of life, it rests in peace. This is an ex-parrot.
Homeopathy is based on magical thinking. It does not have even the barest toe-hold in science or reality. In spite of this it has been extensively researched for its clinical effects. While most of this research is of poor quality, there is some reasonably high-quality research, which consistently shows that homeopathy does not work.
The extremely low prior probability combined with the negative clinical evidence is devastating to homeopathy. There is simply no rational justification for further investment in this pre-scientific and disproved notion. We do not need further research. No government should fund homeopathy, pay for homeopathic treatments, fund research, or even approve homeopathy in any official capacity. This means that homeopaths should not be licensed, and homeopathic products should not be approved.
And yet homeopathy still enjoys the support of most governments. This is largely based on a misunderstanding among the general public as to what homeopathy is, combined with lobbying by homeopaths and supporters of unscientific medicine.
Yeah, but that’s so elitist to rely on things like facts, science and evidence.
This is 'merica, son.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
Isaac Asimov.
^ This is how we do things now, since a few million morons voted for the likes of Taco at least in part because “he’s not a politician”. These morons deserve to have their teeth drilled by “not a dentist”, by the way…
Asimov says it eloquently, JR “Bob” Dobbs is much more blunt:
“Act like a dumbshit and they’ll treat you like an equal.”
Actually, the act of science needs better people talking about the studies, less greedy people deciding how the studies are presented, less insurance companies, less shitting on interns, and more promoting actual health. I had a friend ask a doctor about their 5 month cough and the doctor answered, “Well, what do you want me to do about it?” Oh I don’t know, maybe fuck off?
Alternative medicine is cRaZY until healthcare finds a way to control it so they can make a shit ton of money off of it. Hippy magnets are found to actually change a persons thought patterns if you place them against your head in the right way, which makes me laugh my ass off. You now have hippy dippy light therapy being used by psychiatrists.
I think it’s hilarious how much you guys fight this. If you just accepted that there are charlatans in every profession and chilled a bit, everyone would be much better off. Besides, even if it’s all bogus, why are you trying to take away the placebo effect from people? It’s still helping some of them.
Homeopathic heroin?
Vibe heroin
Man, if homeopathy worked, those guys could have been billionaires!
It does work for some things, they just call it different stuff.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477790-daily-doses-of-peanuts-could-desensitise-adults-with-the-allergy/
That’s cool, but it’s not homeopathy. That’s micro dosing.
For it to be homeopathy, the peanut proteins would need to be so diluted in water, that hundreds of Olympic swimming pools full of the solution would be unlikely to contain a single molecule of peanut protein. All that’s left is the water infused with 👋👋PeAnUt EnErGy👋👋.
Micro-dosing, so extreme homeopathy.
Edit, it’s actually less than microdosing:
No, the other way around.
In micrososing and with this peanut thing, there are actually molecules of the thing you’re taking in the solution, just very small amounts.
In homeopathy, there isn’t any. At all. Zilch. None. Squat. Bupkiss. Nada. Elvis has left the building. Who? Dave? … Dave’s not here. This parrot is no more, it has ceased to be, it is bereft of life, it rests in peace. This is an ex-parrot.
I don’t know enough to argue about it, but I do know that there are some poisons that will kill you if you smell it.
If you can smell it then it isn’t homeopathy. L
I was in some bath store, told my wife it was giving me a headache and I was going to leave.
Clerk: “Oh! You need our unscented aromatherapy section!”
I thought she was kidding… Nope. “Unscented aromatherapy.”
“I’m pretty sure someone doesn’t know the meaning of at least one, possibly both of these words.”
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/another-damning-homeopathy-report/
Yeah, but that’s so elitist to rely on things like facts, science and evidence.
This is 'merica, son.
Isaac Asimov.
^ This is how we do things now, since a few million morons voted for the likes of Taco at least in part because “he’s not a politician”. These morons deserve to have their teeth drilled by “not a dentist”, by the way…
Asimov says it eloquently, JR “Bob” Dobbs is much more blunt:
“Act like a dumbshit and they’ll treat you like an equal.”
Actually, the act of science needs better people talking about the studies, less greedy people deciding how the studies are presented, less insurance companies, less shitting on interns, and more promoting actual health. I had a friend ask a doctor about their 5 month cough and the doctor answered, “Well, what do you want me to do about it?” Oh I don’t know, maybe fuck off?
Alternative medicine is cRaZY until healthcare finds a way to control it so they can make a shit ton of money off of it. Hippy magnets are found to actually change a persons thought patterns if you place them against your head in the right way, which makes me laugh my ass off. You now have hippy dippy light therapy being used by psychiatrists.
I think it’s hilarious how much you guys fight this. If you just accepted that there are charlatans in every profession and chilled a bit, everyone would be much better off. Besides, even if it’s all bogus, why are you trying to take away the placebo effect from people? It’s still helping some of them.
GooningMicrodosing on nut
Wake me when they can eat a jar of peanut butter in one sitting like a teenager about to grow an inch overnight
dihydrogen oxide.
Is that legal?
They seized it for RFK Jr.
It’s used for microdosing.