# At last - A reasonable scientific explanation for homeopathy (laughable "scientific" discourse) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762 "2010-08-19T18:07:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/1 "2010-08-19T18:07:06Z")
[Youtube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0c5yClip4o) Have fun. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/2 "2010-08-19T18:56:45Z")
Oh, god, that was here. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/3 "2010-08-19T19:02:46Z")
Obligatory xkcd link: > **[Dilution](https://xkcd.com/765/)** > > Dear editors of Homeopathy Monthly: I have two small corrections for your July issue. One, it's spelled "echinacea", and two, homeopathic medicines are no better than placebos and your entire magazine is a sham. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/4 "2010-08-19T19:14:11Z")
**EinsteinsHund** , we usually like to see some of your own content in an OP, even if you do feel the YouTube clip says it all. Only one of many reasons is that some descriptive content enables others to know what the thread is about without having to watch the video. No note, no warning issued; but please keep it in mind next time. Edited thread title for clarity – added _(Laughable “scientific” discourse)_. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/5 "2010-08-19T19:53:09Z")
**Spectre** , I’m sorry, must have been overwhelmed by the sheer stupidity of the footage I linked to. So, a short description: A certain Dr. Werner gives a lecture about homeopathy which turns out to be the crudest pseudo-scientific gibberish you can imagine. And she seems to be serious! The mere content \*sounds \*like a parody, but if it is, it was perfectly done. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/6 "2010-08-19T20:00:49Z")
It makes sense, so long as you understand what H2O is and you’ve heard of Einstein. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/7 "2010-08-19T20:04:46Z")
I want Dr. Werner to wear a fake toothbrush moustache and speak with a comic opera German accent. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/8 "2010-08-19T20:06:42Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > It makes sense, so long as you understand what H2O is and you’ve heard of Einstein. And of Stephen Hawkings(sic), the famous founder of the string theory. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/9 "2010-08-19T20:13:26Z")
Oh the stoopit - it burns!!! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/10 "2010-08-19T21:56:48Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > It makes sense, so long as you understand what H2O is and you’ve heard of Einstein. In all fairness, she claims to have studied Chemistry and heard of Einstein and Hawking[s]. She never claimed to have studied Logic. I guess we just have to assume that she didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/11 "2010-08-20T00:38:46Z")
OMFG! “I can prove my theory. First, lets redefine reality. . . .” ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/12 "2010-08-20T02:51:40Z")
Again, strength is added to my theory: “You don’t need a library card to fuck.” ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/13 "2010-08-20T03:33:30Z")
I made it to the point where she said we can ignore the mass in E=mc^2. Which is why we have so many photoreceptors in our eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/14 "2010-08-20T08:56:56Z")
You bailed too soon. You missed the part about how we have ears, apparently because strings vibrate. ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/15 "2010-08-20T09:54:38Z")
I’ll just leave this [transcript](http://chard.livejournal.com/56996.html)of the [doctor](http://www.visiontherapysolutions.com/)’s presentation here, just in case anyone’s interested. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/16 "2010-08-20T12:35:42Z")
> [@GHO57](#): > > I’ll just leave this [transcript](http://chard.livejournal.com/56996.html)of the [doctor](http://www.visiontherapysolutions.com/)’s presentation here, just in case anyone’s interested. I feel stupider from just having read that. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![DHMO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@DHMO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DHMO)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/17 "2010-08-22T01:15:02Z")
**OUCH!** I can’t believe that _anyone_ could be that _mind-numbingly_ ignorant, and have the title Dr.! ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/18 "2010-08-22T07:34:08Z")
I couldn’t even get through half of reading that before the pain in my head started back up. Four hours I had a headache and I thought it was gone! ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/19 "2010-08-22T17:48:29Z")
You know, there’s a cure for your headache. Take a piece of willow bark, and boil it in 1 cup of water. Put 1 drop of that water into a gallon jug and fill the jug. Take 1 drop from that jug and put it into another jug of water. Repeat that process 10 times. Then take a drop of that and put it under your tongue. Then shoot yourself in the head. Works every time. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-last-a-reasonable-scientific-explanation-for-homeopathy-laughable-scientific-discourse/550762/20 "2010-08-22T18:04:29Z")
I’ve seen that video before. I have no intention of inflicting that on my poor hungover brain again. Just watching the first minute was enough to start hitting myself.