Homeopathy vs Science - a Metaphor

[laconicsax]

http://www.jakearchibald.co.uk/homeopathy/

  Homeopaths:
    The horizontal lines in the image above are not straight. Furthermore, the way they bend changes as you look around the image.

  Science:
    The lines bend depending on where you look? But the image is on a normal computer monitor, it can't know where you're looking. It isn't scientifically plausible, we'd have to throw away our current understanding of physics.

  Homeopaths:
    We don't know how it works, we just know it does. We have testimony from millions saying those horizontal lines bend.

  Science:
    Ok, we've tested your theory. Turns out the lines don't bend at all, it's an optical illusion, the human brain simply thinks the lines are bent.

    Here, drag this ruler to the top of the page, you can see the lines are straight.

  Homeopaths:
    Science can't explain everything, what about the human spirit? The soul?

read more: http://www.jakearchibald.co.uk/homeopathy/

[xchrom]

1. But what about vaccinations!11

Vaccinations!11

did that work?

[TlalocW]

2. All I know is that

You can go buy homeopathic medicine, eat the entire bottle, and have no negative side effects.

SCIENCE!!!

TlalocW

[laconicsax]

3. I would think the bottle is hard to digest...

Most containers are.

[TlalocW]

4. It's not so bad

The bottles are made out of Echinacea or St. John's Wort or whatever the hell is popular now.

TlalocW

[Chemisse]

5. Very cool image!

Science CAN explain everything; we just haven't discovered it all yet.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

6. Wrong

See the link in my siggie for a true explanation.

[Cash U Nutt]

7. I tried to buy some homeopathic meds....

....with a bottle of water in which a chopped up ten dollar bill had been dissolved, five dilutions ago.

The dealer would not accept my contention that it should be worth ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

[laconicsax]

8. Homeopathic currency! I love it!

:rofl:

[SidDithers]

9. Very nice...

and a most hearty welcome to DU. If that post is any indication, you'll fit right in :)

Sid

[EvolveOrConvolve]

11. LOL - welcome!

That's a fine post, my friend. Welcome to DU's world of evil skepticism where our goal is to shill for Big Pharma and eat live babies!

Come visit us in the Skepticism, Science and Pseudoscience forum: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=247

:hi:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

10. The lines bend (for me) more when I look at them once every 1000 seconds. n/t