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During many years, I was convinced that the only explanation of homeopathy effectiveness was the placebo effect. The mind is very powerful. A couple of years ag

During many years, I was convinced that the only explanation of homeopathy effectiveness was the placebo effect. The mind is very powerful. A couple of years ago, I had difficulties to sleep and my wife gave me a pill. It has worked immediately. Placebo effect can not explain the results obtained by the vets.

vibrato 8y ago
So you attest that the placebo effect is real yet attribute it to something else.
- close04 8y ago
  Lots of homeopathy fans here it seems. The guy claiming homeopathy works (science be damned [0][1][2][every credible source]) gets upvoted, and the guy questioning whether it's placebo or not gets flagged. As I said in my (also flagged) comment, according to science homeopathy is to medicine what an air guitar is to music. > there is no reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective for any health condition [0] > the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there’s no credible scientific evidence to support such claims. [0] > Don’t use homeopathy to replace proven conventional care > Studies of high methodological quality were more likely to be negative than the lower quality studies [1] Anti-vaccination 2.0. Using low quality or disproved studies to support your claims. Although I'm willing to bet most proponents would not actually want to be treated with homeopathy for any life threatening illness. [0] https://nccih.nih.gov/health/homeopathy https://nccih.nih.gov/health/homeopathy [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10853874 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10853874 [2] https://health.spectator.co.uk/the-debate-about-homeopathy-is-over-these-verdicts-prove-it/ https://health.spectator.co.uk/the-debate-about-homeopathy-i...
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Retra 8y ago
So you found a sleeping pill that only works when you're very very tired? What a breakthrough.

vibrato 8y ago

So you attest that the placebo effect is real yet attribute it to something else.

close04 8y ago
Lots of homeopathy fans here it seems. The guy claiming homeopathy works (science be damned [0][1][2][every credible source]) gets upvoted, and the guy questioning whether it's placebo or not gets flagged. As I said in my (also flagged) comment, according to science homeopathy is to medicine what an air guitar is to music. > there is no reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective for any health condition [0] > the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there’s no credible scientific evidence to support such claims. [0] > Don’t use homeopathy to replace proven conventional care > Studies of high methodological quality were more likely to be negative than the lower quality studies [1] Anti-vaccination 2.0. Using low quality or disproved studies to support your claims. Although I'm willing to bet most proponents would not actually want to be treated with homeopathy for any life threatening illness. [0] https://nccih.nih.gov/health/homeopathy https://nccih.nih.gov/health/homeopathy [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10853874 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10853874 [2] https://health.spectator.co.uk/the-debate-about-homeopathy-is-over-these-verdicts-prove-it/ https://health.spectator.co.uk/the-debate-about-homeopathy-i...
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Retra 8y ago

So you found a sleeping pill that only works when you're very very tired? What a breakthrough.