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Homeopathy could be blacklisted
- Thread starter Igzilla
- Start date
Well at least you've acknowledged it is a placebo. Purely sugar and water nothing else. But the article is about it being blacklisted from the NHS. If you want to waste your own money on this rubbish feel free but the taxpayer shouldn't fund it.
studio150
Well-known member
£4m cost to the NHS is not cheap
I agree it should not be available on the NHS. Figures on costs from Internet searches vary from £4-12million a year. My GP would not give me a typhoid jab as it was considered beyond the surgery's budget.
I like this quote' an American magician and debunker James Randi has for many years had a $1m prize on offer for anyone who can demonstrate paranormal abilities. He has made it clear that this cheque would go to someone who can reliably distinguish a homeopathic dilution from water. His money remains unclaimed.'
It's great many people want homeopathic remedies.
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I like this quote' an American magician and debunker James Randi has for many years had a $1m prize on offer for anyone who can demonstrate paranormal abilities. He has made it clear that this cheque would go to someone who can reliably distinguish a homeopathic dilution from water. His money remains unclaimed.'
It's great many people want homeopathic remedies.
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- Thread starter
- #6
This, so absolutely I would take one letter from this post, drown it in water, shake it a lot, then add some more water and repeat until the sentiment becomes much stronger than GB's.
driller
my life my word
I thought about learning it so I could tell everyone it is bollox
Fair enough.
- Thread starter
- #12
Being available on the NHS effectively gives the whole thing a sense of scientific legitimacy. If people want to spend their money on it, fine. But let's not pretend it's anything other than a load of mumbo jumbo. If the NHS were really in the business of prescribing placebo's, they can just hand out sugar pills without having all the ritualised nonsense of homeopathy.
pb21
Well-known member
- Apr 23, 2010
- 6,281
It obviously is 'mumbo jumbo' but if it works and is cost effective why not use it?
Sugar is devil's food.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Just because science can't currently explain it, it doesn't mean it doesn't work.
Before the 1960s, Higgs-Bosun particles weren't even dreamed of.
What is the next fundamental discovery beyond quantum physics ?
Let's not be all 'Flat Earth' about this.
Before the 1960s, Higgs-Bosun particles weren't even dreamed of.
What is the next fundamental discovery beyond quantum physics ?
Let's not be all 'Flat Earth' about this.
Which begs the question is homoeopathy actually prescribed by GP's/Consultants or is it a treatment more likely to be demanded by the patient and then given.
If the latter, seems to be a patient with a wholly vague or undetermined 'condition' that then demands a treatment that is proved not to work and then those patience say their 'condition' is now cured and promote the virtues of a treatment that doesnt work.
Just because science can't currently explain it, it doesn't mean it doesn't work.
Before the 1960s, Higgs-Bosun particles weren't even dreamed of.
What is the next fundamental discovery beyond quantum physics ?
Let's not be all 'Flat Earth' about this.
Fine you spend your money on it, but dont you spend mine on it.
You needed to add much more water and shaken it more for it to work.