Homeopathy

But my mum used to say medicine works better if it tastes bad, that's true right?

Or is that placebo effect?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrnoR9cBP3o

I've just got to the Homeopathy chapter in Bad Science.

What jolly timing! :)

i thought the placebo affect was something to do with black nail varnish?

Boom tish!

that was fucking horrendous

Your black nail polish experience?

I used to rock the black sharpie on the index finger and thumb nail when I thought I was awesome punk rock kid. In hindsight it probably looked like I hit it with a hammer.

That kind of shit didn't make it to Mildy.. if you looked like that you really did hit it with a hammer.

...or someone else did.

I was going to go there but couldn't work out a good way of weaving in the obvious "just been belted by the old man" thing.

Yeah... we got there in the end.

So, what do you think of all this homeopathy business then? Pretty good, eh?

that was fucking horrendous

don't let the mars bar>milky way discussion colour your opinion.

Yeah... we got there in the end.
So, what do you think of all this homeopathy business then? Pretty good, eh?

I'd fuck it, yeah. But then I'd fuck a black snake with an infested arse.. but only if someone held its head.

like chocolates, hippy?

actually... im not gonna go there.

I'm not sure why I'm quoting Rodney Rude to a blazer fan. Seemed appropriate at the time.

They use this machine that measures the frequency (or something) by putting this metal thingy on your pressure points. Different points for different ailments or organs etc.
If everything is OK it hovers around the 50mark (there is a scale from 0 to 100 I think) but if there is an "imbalance" it shoots up. This has been surprisingly/annoyingly accurate too.
They then put the "remedies" they think will help on this plate that is part of the circuit and with some remedies it calms down to the 50 mark again and with others it doesn't

This machine right, did it have any wires coming out from it, leading in the direction of the examiner? Amazing how accurate it was yeah?...

lol, this is such BS

I used to rock the black sharpie on the index finger and thumb nail when I thought I was awesome punk rock kid. In hindsight it probably looked like I hit it with a hammer.

I like. Wisdom with age.

But my mum used to say medicine works better if it tastes bad, that's true right?

no.

His mum was right, mums are always right.

His mum was right, mums are always right.

W0rd. The mums are not to be questioned.

I'm with photoben. As I said before my partner is a firm believer, which is fine with me but what happens once there is another...?

Go see a homeopath and you'll understand. I have no clue about this stuff but I'll try to explain.
They use this machine that measures the frequency (or something) by putting this metal thingy on your pressure points. Different points for different ailments or organs etc.
If everything is OK it hovers around the 50mark (there is a scale from 0 to 100 I think) but if there is an "imbalance" it shoots up. This has been surprisingly/annoyingly accurate too.
They then put the "remedies" they think will help on this plate that is part of the circuit and with some remedies it calms down to the 50 mark again and with others it doesn't

There are also more advanced machines where they strap things to your limbs and head to measure multiple pressure points simultaneously.
The reports that come from this thingy are scarily detailed and accurate

Are you taking the piss or are you seriously stupid?

have you ever heard of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading
often used by con artists Homeopathy 'practitioners'

Its a fucking placebo effect. an effect strong enough that drugs trials often stumble because the placebo effect is so strong that the placebo outperforms the putative drug:
http://www.wiseupjournal.com/?p=1169

homeopathy does shit all more than a sugar pill.
Seriously, get your gf to come round and I'll sell her some mints at £10 a pop.
Or why don't you try it:
get some cheap ass vitamin tablets off of boots- make sure they look the same as that homeopathic crap and feed that to her (don't tell her)
Guess what- I bet you they work just as well.

goodbye.

I like to take fish oil.

I like to take fish oil.
Homeopathic fish oil?