James Randi explains homeopathy

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Description: If you believe that homeopathic medicine can treat ailments better than medicine that has been scientifically proven to work, you are acting irrational. In this short video James Randi explains homeopathy. This is a portion of the lecture Randi gave at Princeton in 2001. The full video is here: http://www.rationalresponders.com/james_randi_lecture_at_princeton_2001_2hours
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mznd72 ::: Favorites That's been my experience in practice. One patient with an anxiety disorder is cured with Nat-ar and another with Kali-c or cocculus. Good point. 07-08-27 15:08:45 _____________________________________________________
particle409 ::: Favorites jcscott2007, Sorry, but you can still find a large enough group, where you would prescribe multiple people the same treatment. Then, you can test it with randomized, double-blind protocols. Homeopathy claims it's not a placebo effect, then turns around and refuses to be tested for placebo... How convenient. 07-08-27 05:56:47 _____________________________________________________
mithras123 ::: Favorites You obviously have no understanding of quantum mechanics. I love how people like you clutch at quantum mechanics (hoping that most people will understand it even less than you) in a desperate attempt to make your irrational beliefs sound scientific. Additionally, shaking does not break down substances "at the atomic level". 07-08-25 11:57:58 _____________________________________________________
Badzoq ::: Favorites this old guy even dont know the meaning of medicine.he shoud be in some comedian theater. Up to now there is no medicine for blood pressure, insomnia, skin disease, diabetes, heart disease, ulcer, auto immune disease.ther user of medicines for the above ailments use these medicines for the rest of life. is it cure or TREATMENT or palliation. 07-08-25 11:40:34 _____________________________________________________
particle409 ::: Favorites Badzog, There's no medicine for blood pressure? Insomnia? Skin disease? Diabetes? I can name medicines for every single thing you listed... 07-08-27 05:52:34 _____________________________________________________
Badzoq ::: Favorites particle.any substance which up root disease permenantly, in shortes time, with least harmful way is called medicine in homoeopathy.now give me name of medicine for those ailment..not for whole life as dcotor says . 07-08-27 09:31:19 _____________________________________________________
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particle409 ::: Favorites Badzoq, We've ran the tests. There isn't any homeopathic "medicine" that cures, or even treats the symptoms, of any of those things. The reason why homeopathy has no ill side effects, is because it has no effects at all... 07-08-27 20:16:21 _____________________________________________________
Badzoq ::: Favorites ok i am agree with u.. so give me the name of any medicine which cure Ashama or psoarasis which can be used for shortes period and treat the disease permanently? 07-08-27 20:31:49 _____________________________________________________
particle409 ::: Favorites Badzoq, There are currently no one-time treatments for either of those, as the causes are environmental, or genetic (or both). Unless we cut air pollution, asthma will continue to be a growing problem. That doesn't mean that treating the symptoms is a waste of time though... Also, homeopathy not only fails to cure, it even fails to treat symptoms. It's a placebo effect. Nothing more. 07-08-27 21:29:58 _____________________________________________________
Badzoq ::: Favorites why you bring homoepathy in between our discussion i am petroleum engineer and i am agree with the difinition of cure of healing done by homeopathy,that is "the highest goal of treatment is to eliminate a diseas permanently, in the shortes period of time, with least harmful method according to some priniciples" now think we have a treatment like this?i love homeopathy for this difinition and that is it 07-08-28 00:06:04 _____________________________________________________
Dynamik5 ::: Favorites And i mean prescription drugs for cholesterol,heart disease, etc etc, and i am done..yah 07-08-25 02:48:47 _____________________________________________________
Dynamik5 ::: Favorites Our bodies have incredible regenerative capabilities if given the right "materials" you can say, in order to do it. Most of the cause of diseases are things we take in..For more information on this. Research outside the confinemetns of the U.S. Considering the U.S. is into selling drugs mroe than any other country by far, why would they want to get anyone better. The sicker we are, the richer they get. 07-08-25 02:44:21 _____________________________________________________
Dynamik5 ::: Favorites Well, drugs don't cure anything really, the cover it up, and in effect. Cause other ailments which get you more drugs..Excellent industry.. hah... The problem is not that homeopathics don't work. It's that, the cause of the ailments are so obscured to us by the medical industry..A healthy diet,in conjuction with certain natural rememdies can heal you. Diet is the main cause of disease. Whcih, in the U.S> especially is hard as hell to attain with all the shit they put in our food. 07-08-25 02:41:29 _____________________________________________________
particle409 ::: Favorites Drugs DO often cure things. Who is this "they," that somehow manages to control all the peer-reviewed clinical trials being done? The medical industry pours tons of $ into marketing, and often even gives Drs. incentives to prescribe their brand, and not the generic forms. That being said, it has zero bearing on actual efficacy. Homeopathy has never once proven a single claim. It may in the future, but we may also find out that the Tooth Fairy exists... 07-08-25 11:28:30 _____________________________________________________
dickdona ::: Favorites Scientists remind me of Journalists - in a way! They can usually tell you Where, When, Who, What, but rarely, (if ever), WHY. But then they are only using a small percentage of their brain also. If they were to have the use of it all...that might be interesting? Any ideas on how to use brain to full capacity?? 07-08-24 04:19:22 _____________________________________________________
DrRandale ::: Favorites Using all of your brain??? You mean that all your neurons are fireing??? Then your Brain could not work! 07-08-24 13:49:24 _____________________________________________________
DrRandale ::: Favorites Science is a method that enables us to be more certain about statements we make about the world. We make theories that are falsifiable (that means testable and able to be disproven) and then we do experiments to see which theory is the best in describing nature. If two theories predict the same and the experiments confirme the prediction we use Occam's Razor to determine the theory that is most economic. 07-08-24 13:50:51 _____________________________________________________
DrRandale ::: Favorites If you want to be (reasonable) certain about something in the world, science is the method to use. 07-08-24 13:51:40 _____________________________________________________
ACTheFirst ::: Favorites Are you kidding? The "10% brain usage" statement is a complete myth. Humans make regular use of every region of the brain on a daily basis, as can be seen during CAT, PET, and MRI scans. There are no inactive regions, even during sleep. 07-08-27 16:18:00 _____________________________________________________
SunWooz ::: Favorites dick dona is right... in a way... Science did not prove aeronautics yet... We can make this little airplane fly, but we still don't know.... We know that the difference in pressure above and below the wing causes it to go up when going a certain speed down a run way, but we still can't explain it. I'm a man of science, and this video was hilarious and informative! 07-08-23 20:53:43 _____________________________________________________