Homeopathy is the scam - and here is why

in #life7 years ago

Short answer - because I can wash my dishes...

My scientific work started in 2010, with the fluorescence spectroscopy. I continued to use EPR spectroscopy and FTIR. I also hang out with NMR/MRI and Raman spectroscopy people. And chromatography people as well.
If you don't trust me:
http://www.imsi.bg.ac.rs/cv_template/?id_zap=123

The basic idea of homeopathy is that the diluted water remembers the substance dissolved in it and somehow enhances the effect.

So, here is the challenge:

  • take 20 bottles of whatever you want
  • make different concentrations according to homeopathy principles
  • mix the bottles
  • measure the effect. Measure it however you like. Science doesn't have to understand it
  • and simply show the right gradient of concentrations

Simply as that, and the homeopathy would be proven.

Here are the problems I have with the idea:

  • distilled water is very, very dirty thing in comparison to a homeopathic solution.

  • how can you dilute something beyond the limits of the single molecule?

    • If you start with a 1 mol of the substance, you will have 6 x 10E23. If you dilute the solution in the range of 10E23, you could end up with 1, or 2 or 253 molecules. How do you control this statistical unavoidable error
  • bacterias are everywhere and those nasty creatures would easily spoil your solution once opened

  • once you take the remedy, how it is not affected by saliva, stomach, intestine, blood, cell membrane...

Now the practical side, where the memory of water is contained?

  • in some ions?
    • NO! It would be observable using pH meter, by measuring conductivity. Not there...

  • In some energy of motion?
    • NO! It would affect the freezing point, melting point, vaporization point, could be measured by calorimeter and so on

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  • Ok! It is in a form of electrons in some energy levels...
    • NO! If would be observable as the phosphorescence or fluorescence, guess what, we could measure that as well

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  • Something similar, but not exactly that?

    • Like Raman? NO! Again, it is measurable
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  • In some vibrations, rotations?
    - NO! Measurable again, by vibrational spectroscopy, NIR, FTIR

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  • It is beyond the vibration it is some property of the electron.
    • NO! We have EPR spectroscopy.

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  • Ok! It is in the nucleus...
    • NO! We have NMR spectrometers.

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In conclusion, if you can't measure something, you can't draw the conclusions.
It is simply a logical error.

If you have any questions or the ideas that were not covered in this post, please writte the comment and I will improve it.

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