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I know there is a really strong bias against homeopathy here. I would suggest a thought experiment. Just for a moment think that homeopathy might have a grain

• thaumaturgy 16y ago
  ...except that you clearly don't want to understand the point, because the point -- no matter how it's presented -- is that homeopathy doesn't work, and it doesn't have even a grain of truth. And, I wouldn't say there's a strong bias against homeopathy here, so much as there's a strong bias in favor of 700 years of science of Things That Actually Work. (Thankfully; this isn't always the case on HN.)
  • a_believer 16y ago
    "except that you clearly don't want to understand the point". Don't be so cruel to me. Think about yourself. You don't believe anything which contradicts those 700 years of work. You don't believe that water can have a memory. You don't believe there is some sort of energy/frequency stored in water or sugar which cures us. Why? Because we cannot see it or prove it with any known scientific methods. Right? Well I was exactly like you. I got helped by homeopathy by chance and probably a "hacker" (as defined by Paul Buchheit) within me got curious if homeopathy is really works and is as miraculous as it claims? I spent time, took medicines myself and my volunteer friends and family. It is still hard to believe for me but it works and it looks more than placebo effect. I did not read it in a book. I actually experienced it. And my experience of 10 years tells it works.