Homeopathy

[fr0d0]

I don't think it is possible to convince many people who are heavily involved with homeopathy to change their minds.

Argument never changes anyone's mind. It always causes a person to retract/ close ranks. No one can do any better than they're doing. Even if someone is horribly provably wrong, they will always justify their decisions if confronted.

[Darwinian]

Homeopathy does work as its active ingredient is the placebo..

[amw79]

I'm sure some people on here have seen this already, but I'll post the link (to YouTube) anyway.

Dawkins uncut interview on Homeopathy with Prof Michael Baum - a fiercely intelligent and knowledgable chap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grWfxsFWOFI


EDIT
You'll need to go to YouTube for the subsequent parts

[downbeatplumb]

I don't think it is possible to convince many people who are heavily involved with homeopathy to change their minds.

Argument never changes anyone's mind. It always causes a person to retract/ close ranks. No one can do any better than they're doing. Even if someone is horribly provably wrong, they will always justify their decisions if confronted.

Thats not true of rational argument where people are willing to accept facts or even superior arguments.

I have had my mind changed durng debates because the opposing view was more valid than mine.

Sometimes You just cant argue with the facts.

Or can you?

[fr0d0]

Yet people do and will argue with facts dbp. It's human nature. To fall into that trap you'd have to cling onto something clearly disproven. It happens.

[Autumnlicious]

That whole water memory thing doesn't even make sense in the most basic logical sense.

Water does have a form of 'memory'. That is, if we spin it for hours on end and then place it into another environment, it will form certain patterns according to outside factors like light and sound. But this lasts for only a few microseconds and then loses utter cohesion, becoming classic dihydrogen monoxide again.

So yes, technically there is a form of water memory, but no, it lasts for such a short amount of time, it is fundamentally useless.

[theVOID]

Argument never changes anyone's mind. It always causes a person to retract/ close ranks. No one can do any better than they're doing. Even if someone is horribly provably wrong, they will always justify their decisions if confronted. - Frodo

That sums up your sky daddy theory too dipshit.

Thanks for the sig.

[Violet]

Well, argument does change people's minds But it usually does cause them to be defensive... people can usually do better than they do... but people will always try to justify everything (however wrongly)

[fr0d0]

Ah VOId, you never have to prove your idiocy to us. Thankyou.

[theVOID]

Ah VOId, you never have to prove your idiocy to us. Thankyou.

for the mentally challenged Mr. Fr0d0.

I'll pray for you sweetheart.