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I'm sure there are cases where it did, e.g. by virtue of offering something benign in place of something in the mainstream that might have killed. When homeopa

by rmc 14y ago

I'm sure there are cases where it did, e.g. by virtue of offering something benign in place of something in the mainstream that might have killed. When homeopathy was invented about 150 years ago, it was actually safer than real medicine, but that's because real medicine was quite dangerous, and homeopathy wasn't actually any treatment, so the "doing nothing" approach (homeopathy) was safer than the current real medicine. However real medicine has gotten a lot better.

wissler 14y ago
However real medicine has gotten a lot better. It hasn't gotten better enough. Homeopathy is, in a certain sense, propaganda for modern medicine, because instead of people contrasting modern medicine with what it could and should be, they compare it to something that's obviously worse, and then they feel pleased with themselves for being so smart and become complacent about further improving modern medicine.
- rmc 14y ago
  It hasn't gotten better enough Yes, medicine is not finished yet (we haven't cured death yet). However medicine hasn't stopped yet and keeps researching. And medicine is waaaay better than it was 50, 100 or 150 years ago.
- illuminate 14y ago
  "It hasn't gotten better enough. Homeopathy is, in a certain sense, propaganda for modern medicine" Except that it's not, because its adherents demand revolution, not reform.