Homeopathic suicide

Re: Homeopathic suicide

Arlo Guthrie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:10:52 GMT

[quote user="Niall Taylor"]Sceptical as I am about homeopathy I'm not convinced about the merits of this "mass suicide attempt". With large numbers of participants it increases the possibility of some sort of entirely coincidental adverse event in the (unspecified) period following the stunt which will immediately be siezed upon by 'believers' as evidence that homeopathy is heap powerful stuff; potent and not to be trifled with.[/quote]

No sign of anyone suffering any ill effects so far.

Billy Joel's daughter seems to have emerged unharmed from her experience too.

Re: Homeopathic suicide

Vikki Moran — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:35:31 GMT

yes, i;m familiar with the dihydrogen oxide debate, and am firmly in the camp that it's bad for you. much prefer ethanol derivatives myself!

Re: Homeopathic suicide

Ian Mostyn — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:50:57 GMT

I found this article after the dangerous nature of tap water in the US (and presumably here)

http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2008/03/homeopathic-dru.html

It makes me want to drink only distilled water, which must be pure by definition but the article also warns of the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide, a chemical found in ALL cancerous cells. Surely, instead of arguing about RMB or MMR, we should be campaigning the government about this horrendous chemical before we all get cancer.

Ian

Re: Homeopathic suicide

Laurence Webb — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:50:48 GMT

Did you hear about the homeopathic doctor who forgot to take his medicine?

He died of an overdose.

Re: Homeopathic suicide

Vikki Moran — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:38:50 GMT

i've had a few thoughts about homeopathy lately:

if water has "memory" and retains potency from substances diluted into it, AND every glass of water you drink has been through 6 people before you drink it (or whatever "they" say) - then does that mean the water remembers all those peoples bodies, and contains a very potent (but very dilute) urine??

Re: Homeopathic suicide

Vikki Halliday LLB — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:13:39 GMT

If it wasn't so silly it would be laughable.

Re: Homeopathic suicide

Niall Taylor — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:49:24 GMT

[quote user="Vikki Halliday"]Had a bad day, where's the Arnica.............?[/quote]

Sigh...

Niall

Re: Homeopathic suicide

Vikki Halliday LLB — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:27:47 GMT

Had a bad day, where's the Arnica.............?

Re: Homeopathic suicide

Niall Taylor — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:23:39 GMT

I've seen the pre-publicity and I know other similar things have been done in the past by more limited groups. Sceptical as I am about homeopathy I'm not convinced about the merits of this "mass suicide attempt". With large numbers of participants it increases the possibility of some sort of entirely coincidental adverse event in the (unspecified) period following the stunt which will immediately be siezed upon by 'believers' as evidence that homeopathy is heap powerful stuff; potent and not to be trifled with.

Whereas, in fact, it's complete and utter balderdash !

Cheers,

Niall