Homeopathy: Just water (podcast/video)
For many educated people, the argument against homeopathy as a system of medicine is pretty straightforward: it's just water. That is to say, homeopathy involves diluting substances to a level that you can't reasonably expect any of the original substance to remain, and therefore any medicinal effect that it has can't be better than regular water, or a placebo. However, they're mistaken.
This is a fallacy of composition - it assumes that because water molecules are identical, anything made from a bunch of water molecules must also be identical. A simple analogy to demonstrate the error in this line of thinking would be to say, all Tetris squares are identical, and so any Tetris board formed with 20 squares has the same properties. Or, all oxygen atoms are equal, and therefore any combination of them must also be equal - which is not true, oxygen atoms can form in molecules of O2, O3, O4 and O8.
In fact, there are at least three studies suggesting that homeopathic solutions are not "just water", but something else - something with a measurable difference. Join me in finding out how in the next watered-down episode of The Paradise Paradox!
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4th state of water, water memory, see: Gerald Pollock.
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Undines, is what Paracelsus would call them.
Personally I kind of thought homeopathy was bs (because of the "it's just water" argument). The only way I thought it could work was through sympathetic Magick. But if it does work through sympathetic Magick, then to take your own case as an example, it would mean that you (perhaps unknowingly, by just going with the flow) would have made other changes in your life (diet, healthier lifestyle etc.) through which your symptoms would disappear.
But after watching your video I am more open to the idea that the medicine itself might too have a physical effect. I'm still not sure if it does work, but will probably look into it before I form a hard opinion on the matter.
Haha. I was kidding about the water spirits, but that's a cool word.
The magick/subtle behavioural hypothesis would be an interesting one to test, though I'm not sure how you'd get someone's dietary information without having someone follow them around 24/7, or self-reporting, which is more unreliable.
Of course you are right. It's a theory which would be hard to prove beyond the personal level. If the positive results of homeopathy would be purely a result of sympathetic Magick then the outcome would greatly rely on the openness of the one who takes the medicine. This doesn't mean that one can't be critical, but only means that someone should be open to the idea that it could work. Openness in this sense too means being open to change. Taking a medicine but meanwhile consciously and willingly persisting in an unhealthy lifestyle would of course too lead to a negative outcome, at least most of the time. So one could be mentally open to the idea that it might work, but act in such a way which could prevent it from working (going against the flow).
But if homeopathic medicine potentially helps people and does no harm then I can't see a reason why people shouldn't try it. Whatever works, even if mainstream science isn't up to date with the evidence yet.
That doesn't mean that we should stop trying to find proof on a more general level of the claims people make. I'm saying that we shouldn't just buy into everything every second quack tries to sell us. But I think that most people who visit a homeopath for the first time are aware that they are taking a financial risk (unless it's free) and that they are trying something which might not work. I also don't think that the greater majority of homeopaths are charlatans, since as far as I'm aware there is a lot of work and study which goes into the practice of homeopathy, and someone who doesn't him- or herself believe that it works, but is just looking to cheat people out of their money, would probably find easier ways to do it.
But it's hard work and takes a lot of study to become a priest too, and most priests also believe in what they practice. That doesn't necessarily mean that everything an honest priest claims is true. So people should do their own research, conduct their own experiments and come to their own conclusions.
P.s. I just gave diet as an example. It might just as well be a psychological change or change in the state of mind of someone which could make physical symptoms disappear (i.e. anxiety can be the cause of rashes)