It is observed already really interesting how homeopathy group has responded to the 10:23 international campaign. If I go ferreting through the comments of the many videos, there is a lot of funny. What will not find is an answer to the only question that would be interesting: How can pure sugar have any effect on health? (Well, if you are diabetic, then the sugar would seem more ...) Instead - as in the run-up - all pretty straw men set up and smoke grenades detonated.
from the apron is a particularly revealing interview in the Austrian newspaper Der Standard with Prof. Michael Frass, Vice President of "Physicians for Classical Homeopathy", which can be found here . Since we only learned once again that it does not matter at high powers, whether you swallow two or 500 globules. That's exactly right, you can swallow no, because in high potencies nothing in it. Shortly thereafter, will be cheerfully geschwafelt an overdose of low magnitude and of a - not verified, but absolutely possible - reported case in which the uncontrolled use low Potentiates Arsenic - surprise - has led to arsenic poisoning. This is the classic "straw man". According to the teaching of homeopathy should be low powers (less than D30/C15) produce less effect, because the dilution potentiated the effect. I do not deny that in D3 Arsenic or arsenic is contained (1:1000) and you can poison them. Even worse is that this "medicine" that has no proven effect, without clinical trials because only an "internal consensus of Homeopaths' may only be placed on the market. But what is wrong - and is pre-empted claims not by Prof. Frass also - is that Arsenicum D30 still contains arsenic (1:1.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000). And that was us.
Continuing with practical proposals: In WDR interview we learn about a doctor first of all, it does not matter whether you take two or 500 globules (we had the not already heard?) to get worried then immediately notified, by mine, but are set after a few days, indeed harmful effects. The opposition is - completely uncritical - presenter but no demand value. Anyway, we just keep schwurbeln ... If it does not matter what was said is it an old Hahnemann, while we can only continue to earn money with sugar pills. Again, I'm doing still good.
is interesting to note that only a few have even taken part in the campaign (in Cologne, however, more than 20). I wonder: What will we say it? The fact that the skeptic movement is not a mass movement? I knew before. The demonstration, that the vials of Homeopaths is nothing in it, but completely independent of the number of participants. In the Antarctic, has a single participant - to take an entire bottle of homeopathic sleeping pills - under the supervision of the board physician. Did the homeopath expected a mass event? Which has given it: In Manchester, the over 300 participants of the conference QED taken an overdose. The effect is still the same: No matter whether 2, 20, 200 or 2,000 participants: There is nothing in it.
A number of commentators on the YouTube video-repeated mantra on the question "What do you want to prove?" - "Thanks, you have proven that homeopathy no side effects added or modified: "This shows does not mean that homeopathy does not work" - "This is not a scientific study" The way is all right, I strongly agree. 10:23 The campaign is not a scientific study, but a demonstration . homeopathy has no effect, so no side effect (at least at high powers) and took an overdose can prove that homeopathy does not work. All true, but irrelevant. show the action should (demonstrate) that the two supposedly most effective exponents from nothing ingredients that could contribute. There are sugar pills, nothing else. And yes, homeopaths do not claim to be that in high potencies which in it - but they say it to the patients to whom they give Belladonna C30? Say: How to keep patients for homeopathy naturopathy (is not it, claiming the homeopathic not) know that they swallow pure sugar, which oscillates in some magical way, magical or otherwise affect our health?
the way, we would not want the burden of proof fail: not the skeptics have to prove that homeopathy does not work. Those who earn money with sugar pills, which must prove its claim that it is a potent drug. And that is the "established for 200 years" (quote from the opening statement of the WDR-Moderator) Homeopaths until now managed to not a single indication. In 200 years not.
For Fans: compilations of videos can be found here:
YouTube channel Skeptiker1023 - with videos from German-speaking
ECSO - European Council of Skeptical Organizations
and of course on homepage of the 1023 campaign .
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