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Millions of people are being placebo'd by literally nothing except water. Homeopathic remedies are water, nothing more. Supporters claim there is some kind of

Millions of people are being placebo'd by literally nothing except water. Homeopathic remedies are water, nothing more. Supporters claim there is some kind of special "structure" that water remembers. A phenomenon with no plausible basis whatsoever. A phenomenon which cannot be studied, observed, or falsified, yet one which can coincidentally be controlled to perfection by companies who make lots of money on their special bottled water. Homeopathy is exactly equivalent to magic, which also works on millions of people! Tarot cards, psychic readings, crystal energy, aura repair, etc. All of these things are very successful in making millions of people FEEL better every year. The placebo effect is legitimate and powerful.

dllthomas 5y ago
Sometimes not even water - I saw lozenges marketed as homeopathic. Maybe the water remembers (it doesn't), but we're supposed to believe that it then passes that memory to the sugar crystals in a way that's pharmaceutically useful and conveniently manufacturable? What an astonishing happenstance!
6510 5y ago
> Supporters claim there is some kind of special "structure" that water remembers. Indeed. > A phenomenon with no plausible basis whatsoever. I haven't tried this: https://www.google.com/search?q=the+rice+experiment&sxsrf=&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=&biw=1216&bih=586&dpr=1.58 https://www.google.com/search?q=the+rice+experiment&sxsrf=&s... I have no opinion about it either.