-Caveat Lector-
I *have* studied homeopathy (not thoroughly, but enough to educate myself),
and I am convinced that it works. It doesn't work all the time, for
everyone, any more than allopathy ("orthodox" medicine) works all the time,
for everyone. But it works often enough to demonstrate to my satisfaction
that it's valid. I know for a fact that the only medication that will
consistently relieve my arthritic hands is a homeopathic gel containing rhus
toxicohedron, ledum palustre, and symphytum officianale, in a witch hazel
base; and as for migraines, I've found a preparation containing iris
versicolor to be very effective if I take it just when the headache begins
(probably more effective than "mainstream" medications). I noted with
interest that iris was NOT listed among the homeopathic remedies included in
the literature review described in this article. As with anything, there is
a large element of observer bias here; a believer will invariably get
positive results, a skeptic will get ambiguous or negative results.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 9:09 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] Homeopathy Seems No Better Than Placebo in
> Preventing Migraine
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> In a message dated 11/25/99 4:32:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Professional skeptics are paid disinformation specialists.
> > The most famous ones are "the amazing Randy" - a stage magician, and
> some
> > fool named "Barrett" who is still trying to convince people that
> acupuncture
> > is "quackery"
> > Shannon is generally beneath notice, yet seems to take great delight in
> > spreading old and tired disinformation about homeopathy... oh well...
> guess
> > he's gotta earn a few extra bucks a day for his viagra.
> >
> > Dave Hartley
> > http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave
> >
>
> I don't know if Homeopathy is any good or not, never having studied it at
> all, but I do believe that if people want to try it and some of them even
> "think" it is effective and it "works" for them then it is a BIG THUMBS UP
> from me! As fo the "Amazing Randi", he is much as you describe him and a
> total waste of space besides, who spends all of his time "debunking"
> so-called paranormal phenomenon etc. He frequently ignores and does not
> report on evidence and statistical results that contradict his debunking
> explanation. Even A.C. Clarke was chagrined with Randi when they looked
> at
> dowsing and there was some statistical evidence that dowsers were able to
> find water (well above chance in a controlled field study), but Randi
> ignored
> those findings and declared ALL dowsing ineffective bugaboo based on
> another
> portion of the test which had the dowsers try to find buried metals (which
> they were no better than chance in being able to find). Randi represents
> entrenched materialist science, refusing to see past the end of his nose
> and
> suddenly going deaf, dumb and blind when evidence is presented that is not
> within his paradigm.
> That being said there is SCANT evidence for any of the phenomena that he
> debunks, BUT that still does not warrant the automatic gainsaying of it
> all.
>
>
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