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No, please read. There are no conclusions to be drawn here. Just because someone does something stupid does not mean anything. There is no evidence that this
by halviti 14y ago
No, please read. There are no conclusions to be drawn here.
Just because someone does something stupid does not mean anything.
There is no evidence that this woman ever studied homeopathy, or that this whole wet towel thing is even a treatment used by homeopaths.
- danso 14y agoSo when does someone doing something stupid mean something?
- halviti 14y agoIt's very simple. You produce evidence or proof that two things are related. Living in the same house as a medical doctor does not make me a medical doctor, nor does it make modern medicine responsible for my actions.
- glesica 14y agoThe argument isn't that she was a homeopathic "doctor". The argument is that she was influenced by the ideas behind homeopathy, and because of that influence the "treatment" she administered made sense to her. Her logical reasoning had been clouded by her belief (essentially a religious belief) in homeopathy. This is akin to religious groups who refuse to allow medical treatment for their children, who subsequently die.
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- raverbashing 14y agoThis Especially in the 1800's where medicine was only slightly better than doing nothing (if you were lucky and it didn't go horribly wrong)
- SideburnsOfDoom 14y agoI'm sorry if I misread that. The distinction between "homeopathy done correctly by people who have studied it" and "random stupidity as done by untrained people" can be a subtle one. Very subtle.
- illuminate 14y ago"or that this whole wet towel thing is even a treatment used by homeopaths." Sympathetic magic is the basis for homeopathy. Like produces like is a fundamental essence of the practice.