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Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
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Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
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
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
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"
In Soviet Russia, science works for you, comrade.
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
Surprising, considering that this is the culture that embraced Lysenkoism.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
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"
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.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?” 
― Tom StoppardRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
(February 7, 2017 at 3:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Surprising, considering that this is the culture that embraced Lysenkoism.

Boru


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.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
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.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
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.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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RE: Russia Declares Homeopathy "dangerous 'pseudoscience' that does not work"
(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.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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