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I don't see how this "discredits" homeopathy. From the homeopathy viewpoint, the remedies themselves are not considered (i.e. by homeopaths) to be drugs, or eve
by GiraffeNecktie 17y ago
I don't see how this "discredits" homeopathy. From the homeopathy viewpoint, the remedies themselves are not considered (i.e. by homeopaths) to be drugs, or even equivalent to drugs, and taking large doses wouldn't be expected to have any particular effect. It's a bit of a straw man argument like saying "Your cheese isn't really chalk because I can't write on the blackboard." But I never said it was chalk or that it's purpose was to write on blackboards. What have you really proved except that it's not a drug, which was never in question.
- dutchflyboy 17y agoWell, it is sold as a drug, in the sense that on the package it says that it cures a sickness, which is the point of a drug. I'm not saying that it doesn't work (sometimes the placebo effect is everything you want, for example when a child hurts himself, he'll be happy as soon as he has taken a pill, no matter which one), but I think it's a bit strange to sell a bit of sugar with a very small quantity of active substance for 1000 times the production cost.
- eru 17y ago> [...] for 1000 times the production cost. Somebody has to pay for the marketing.
- GiraffeNecktie 17y ago>>it's a bit strange to sell a bit of sugar with a very small quantity of active substance for 1000 times the production cost. Hey, it works for Coca Cola. :)