Posted by Larry Hoover on December 2, 2003, at 9:28:10
In reply to Re: Homeopathic Remedies, posted by stjames on December 1, 2003, at 20:18:51
> > Although I steadfastly agree that homeopathy is based on what I can only call irrational principles, it is apparently used with some success in veterinary practise. I couldn't find the abstract I was looking for (it had better data). I offer this for interest only.
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> > Br Homeopath J. 2001 Jan;90(1):33-6.
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> So, you are arguing both sides now ?No. I find it intriguing that homeopathy is used in veterinary medicine.....as there is unlikely to be any possibility of placebo effect, due to the inability to communicate the nature of the treatment to the creature in receipt thereof.
> By default I do not trust "Br Homeopath J".
> The fact that you can copy and paste a study
> proves nothing.I wasn't trying to prove anything....merely expanding the discussion.
> If I give a hourse an M&M and it dies, then the M&M killed the house. Poor logic, confusing cause and effect.That's one valid explanation, coincidental correlation.....
....I can assure you I was not implying causation. I do know better than that. ;-)
I came across a more thought-provoking abstract on Pubmed, once upon a time, showing a very robust homeopathic treatment effect in a veterinary application, but I was unable to find it again this time.
There is no scientific explanation for telepathy, but I do it, so I believe in it. That doesn't mean I have the slightest idea what "causes" it.
The doctors who do homeopathy believe in it (as do the veterinarians). Not being able to explain it scientifically does not disprove it, nor does the invocation of scientific arguments arguments why it could not work. I think it's hocus-pocus, but I don't know that it is.
Lar
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