Regarding "for homeopathy to be effective...", this statement shows a very XIX century preconceived idea about the human body: We are just machines. We have le

Regarding "for homeopathy to be effective...", this statement shows a very XIX century preconceived idea about the human body: We are just machines. We have learned a great deal more since then. Biologic systems are complex by nature and show emergent properties that cannot be explained by the sum of its components. By example, there is a strong bias in the comic against the effectiveness of placebos. It assumes that "letting the disease run its course" is roughly equivalent to taking a placebo. It has been shown far from truth in double blind test, at least in the case of mild conditions; placebos do work, that's why we have the "placebo effect" meme in the first place. In that sense, homeopathy might be working just as advertised: Triggering the body's own natural healing capacity. The theory behind it may be convoluted and borderline magical... but this should not invalidate it on itself. Of course alternative healing should not be used instead mainstream western medicine for severe problems like cancer or such. However, in a country with basically no public health system, people should have access to any option that would not put them one blink away from financial disaster.