http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo As a simple experiment, could you put your most used homoeopathic remedy into a jar,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo As a simple experiment, could you put your most used homoeopathic remedy into a jar, and put pure water into another jar? They must be indistinguishable. Then, give them to someone you trust (and has no opinion either way on homoeopathy) to label A and B. They should record which of A and B is the real treatment, but not tell you. Then, when you get sick, roll a dice. If it's 1 or 2, use A. 3 or 4, use B. 5 or 6, use the homoeopathic remedy. Record how effective they are after each use. Ideally, generate a new pair of A and B after each treatment. Also, assume that if you get A or B, it won't work since it's been messed around with. After ten trials of each remedy, do the following. It'd be better if you didn't read this before doing it, but I want to commit to it, so I've ROT13'd it. Zngpu hc gur rssrpgvirarff bs rnpu gerngzrag jvgu jurgure vg jnf ubzrbcnguvp be abg. Sebz urer jr'er tbvat gb nffhzr N jnf nyjnlf cynva jngre naq O jnf ubzrbcnguvp (nf jnf P boivbhfyl). Abj sbe n gehgu gnoyr bs rssrpgvirarff (0 sbe abg rssrpgvir, 1 sbe rssrpgvir): N O P 0 1 1 Ubzrbcngul jbexf ba lbh 1 1 1 Lbh whfg trg orggre naq nffhzr gur zrqvpvar jbexf, be vg'f n cynprob 0 0 1 Vg'f n cynprob, naq lbh unir gb xabj lbh ner gnxvat vg