Cure for Homeopathy

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Okay, so I'm sitting here, watching the puddles gather rain, and an idea forms in my mind. Follow along...

1. Premise: Homeopathy works by diluting the amount of a substance.

2. Premise: The more homeopaths there are per the total population, the weaker their overall effects.

3. Proposition: The fewer homeopaths there are per the total population, the more effective they become.

So ... let's make it a law that only one out of every ten million people be allowed to become homeopaths, and we will soon be rid of every disease known to humanity!

Better yet, let's get rid of all but one homeopath, and we'll all be immortal!

Let's call it the "Fnordic Inverse-Squared Principle of Homepathy"!

You had me laughing pretty hard just with the title of this thread

That's clever. I like it. Everyone who decides to become a homeopath makes homeopathy less effective by its own logic.

The whole premise is flawed since homeopathy is mass produced and is only effective for those that actually take it. Only allowing one person to consume it won't change the dilution rate, and it certainly won't make those that don't take it immortal.

Fnord said homeopaths, not patients thereof. And not changing the effect of a dose on a patient, but changing the effect of homeopaths on society.

Wouldn't that result in more dilution, though?

According to homeopathy, dilution is good. Dilute homeopaths in the population, and they become more effective. By extension of their own dilution-based reasoning.

My head hurts now. I think I'm going to walk away from this one.

That's the beauty of it! The more homeopathic treatments being consumed reduces their overall effectiveness!


It's called "Herd Immunity" - the idea that the entire herd (or species) is affected by immunizing only a portion of the herd (or species). So, by the very principle of homeopathy, by making only one person out of 4 billion perfectly healthy, the rest of us are also favorably affected.

Don't you see? The truth is out there! It's been out there all along! It's the fault of BIG HOMEO that we have so many DISEASES afflicting humanity and causing DEATH!! !



No, my tinfoil hat isn't on too tight ... why do you ask?

<picture of head exploding>

There's two things western medicine is good for.

I'll let you decide which two.

And I see your strange point too.

I respectfully beg to differ.I would say that it works for those who believe it will work.

In and of itself it does not work. But beliefs can shift mountains and one should never underestimate the power of placebo.

That's the point. He's taking the piss out of homeopathy by saying less homeopathy will solve the thing homeopathy solves.

I dont think the theory works for practitioners of homeopathy- just the remedies they dispense.

But it inspire me to think.

As I understand it- part of theory is conusmng the hair of the dog that bit you.

So...eureka... I just realized how to save the whole human race from AIDS.

Just take one AIDS virus. Chop it up so its harmless. Then toss it into the ocean.

The dead virus will dissolve into the ocean.

Then have everyone on the planet go to the nearest beach and drink a palm full of sea water.

That will make everyone immune to aids, or cure them if they already have it.

Done!

No, the point I'm trying to make is that less homeopathy will solve the things homeopaths claim to solve.

Belief in homeopathy is delusional thinking, since there is no valid empirical evidence that homeopathic treatments cure anything other than dehydration.