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Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
February 7, 2017 at 3:14 pm
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Good to see that even with political division and the current tension with Russia, science still comes to the same conclusion.
Quote:The Russian Academy of Sciences has become the latest body to declare homeopathy has “no scientific basis” and endangers people who believe it to be effective.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...66406.html
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
February 7, 2017 at 3:32 pm
That's obviously just The Man trying to keep us sick, amirite?
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
February 7, 2017 at 3:34 pm
In Soviet Russia, science works for you, comrade.
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
February 7, 2017 at 3:35 pm
Surprising, considering that this is the culture that embraced Lysenkoism.
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
February 7, 2017 at 3:36 pm
Meanwhile in other parts of the world people make money on expensive water.
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
February 7, 2017 at 3:36 pm
It's nice to see good news! Not that experts telling people something is bunk will convince many, but it's still good to see.
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
February 7, 2017 at 3:36 pm
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(February 7, 2017 at 3:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Surprising, considering that this is the culture that embraced Lysenkoism.
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I mean..American culture has accepted all sorts of shitty ideas in the past too. I think they've come a liiiiitle ways since the 1920s-1950s.
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
February 7, 2017 at 3:46 pm
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Some homeopathies are legit. For example, my surgeon had me take arnica tablets and bromelein pills after my surgery to help with swealling. My cousin's doc prescribed her vitamin D supplements and fish oil supplements for her autoimmune disease.
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
February 7, 2017 at 3:49 pm
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Er...CL, homeopathy is not just another word for 'herbal' or 'natural' remedies. Homeopathy is a very specific, old school of 'medicine' that has its own rules and tenets, and there's no such thing as "some homeopathies." It's a singular institution. The rules just so happen to be absolutely nutty batshit silly.
Like, a vitamin D supplement has absolutely nothing to do with homeopathy, for example.
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
February 7, 2017 at 3:56 pm
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(February 7, 2017 at 3:46 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Some homeopathies are legit. For example, my surgeon had me take arnica tablets and bromelein pills after my surgery to help with swealling. My cousin's doc prescribed her vitamin D supplements and fish oil supplements for her autoimmune disease.
FAF is right, you probably took bromelain pills with actual enzymes in them. An actual homeopathic "drug" against swelling would work like this: Take a substance that induces swelling, and dilute it 1:10 fifty times until there is no molecule of that substance in it any more, knocking it against the table in a specific fashion at each step. Voilà, your homeopathic medicine.
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