salyavin and Michael, as for homeopathy being one of my sacred cows: moo moo (-:
On Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:19 PM, salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : One of my friends says that if homeopathy is real then he can go piss in the ocean and his piss becomes the most powerful medicine of all since it will be diluted to infinity. In the best homeopathic remedies there is actually less than the equivalent of a single particle in all the world's oceans. But they claim it doesn't work like that anyway, something to do with the memory of water which makes me wonder why everything water touches isn't "remembered", like LSD or birth control pills, the human race should be extinct or out of our heads. I've no doubt there's an explanation. I've also no doubt it wouldn't survive much scrutiny, I also think homeopathy will stick around for ever.. As for Share's outrage, it was just a fun chart to post - as others here have pointed out, when someone is so easily outraged over someone poking fun at their sacred cows, well maybe better to take a second look inside, p'raps? I think so, maybe a deep recognition that something is a cherished belief rather than an actual real thing that works regardless of beliefs or established ways of kidding ourselves. The craziest thing I ever came cross is MVVT - Marshy Vedic Vibration Technology. Based on King Tony's strange ideas about Indian literature being "present" in human physiology, the idea is that if you chant the hymn relevant to the afflicted body part it will be strengthened and healed! Probably needs a category of its own in the alt therapy periodic table. ________________________________ From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Alternative Therapy ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : Michael, just in case you're not joking: it wasn't an accusation. It was a direct question. And btw, some of the items on the chart are time honored modalities, like homeopathy. Sorry Share, "time honoured" means absolutely nothing at all. That people continue to believe things doesn't actually count as evidence for efficacy. They may have all sorts of reasons for supporting that which doesn't actually work because there are lots of much better explanations for the apparent occasional effectiveness, the placebo effect, reduction to the mean etc. Homeopathy is 100% placebo and bedside manner, the concoctions do absolutely nothing because they are absolutely nothing - by design. Maybe that counts as a health "modality" in some circles but it isn't good enough for me. On Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:59 AM, "Share Long sharelong60@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Michael, are you being paid by Big Pharma?! On Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:47 AM, "Michael Jackson mjackson74@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: What everyone on FFL needs on their wall http://crispian-jago.blogspot.com/2010/10/handy-alternative-therapy-flowchart.html The Reason Stick: A Handy Alternative Therapy Flowchart Believe it or not, I don't really have a particular interest in alternative therapies, I just can't help picking at the scabs of alt-med credulity. View on crispian-jago.blogspot... Preview by Yahoo
