Homeopathy is never going to be proven to work because the two main premises are both demonstrably false:
Premise 1) Like cures Like: This is the idea that a substance that causes symptoms in a person in good health will cure someone in bad health who is displaying the same symptoms.
Premise 2) Water has memory: This is the idea that water molecules are able to remember the properties of the substance that is proposed to cure the ailment by having the ingredient diluted repeatedly into the water until nomne of the activ ingredient is left. The water or whatever else the dilution medium might be is supposed to be able to communicate the information of the symptoms of the like substance to the body so it can learn how to identify and cure the original cause of the symptoms.
The BBC Horizon documentary with James Randi did a fantastic job in demonstrating the failure of this hypothesis.
Premise 1) Like cures Like: This is the idea that a substance that causes symptoms in a person in good health will cure someone in bad health who is displaying the same symptoms.
Premise 2) Water has memory: This is the idea that water molecules are able to remember the properties of the substance that is proposed to cure the ailment by having the ingredient diluted repeatedly into the water until nomne of the activ ingredient is left. The water or whatever else the dilution medium might be is supposed to be able to communicate the information of the symptoms of the like substance to the body so it can learn how to identify and cure the original cause of the symptoms.
The BBC Horizon documentary with James Randi did a fantastic job in demonstrating the failure of this hypothesis.
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