James Randi explains homeopathy

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If you believe that homeopathic medicine can treat ailments better than medicine that has been scientifically proven to work, you are acting irrational. In this short video James Randi explains homeopathy. This is a portion of the lecture Randi gave at Princeton in 2001. The full video is here:

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: November 16, 2006 at 9:12 am
Author: RationalResponse

Length: 00:14:34
Rating: 4.76
Views: 278422

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dd1857 (December 1, 2008 at 8:46 pm)
wizzardssleeve

you are a nut case.
That is what you are.
he needed operation for reducing weight. So nut case stop jumping to conclusion and thinking you are great.You are basically stupid and foolish ..Just because you dont like Homeopathy does not make you intellegant.
Stupid and foolish women
nezpercenathan (November 30, 2008 at 4:34 pm)
try this: dilute syrup of ipecac 10^23, and see if it still makes you throw up. Better yet, give it to (a healthy) unknowing subject, so you eliminate psychosomatic effect, and see if they throw up.
wizzardssleeve (November 29, 2008 at 3:04 am)
Not that I hold out much hope, but if you feel like engaging in debate rather than just spouting lame abuse, here's the basic questions I still want answered:

1) An explanation for why even homeopaths can't produce a quality positive study.
2) An argument in favour of homeopathy not founded on a logical fallacy.
3) A citation for a study you've read and found persuasive.
4) A rough figure as to how many studies of homeopathy you've read.
5) What it is you think studies actually test.
dd1857 (November 29, 2008 at 11:39 am)
Good go on debating and i go on using homeopathy.
It works and belive me i will one day make sure that idiots like you are overwelmed with matarial and data and reports so that before you even open your mouth it will be shoved in your mouth.
I have seen and learnt a lot from this discussion how nut case you might be.
Rome was not buit in a day and well days of homeopathy are coming again.
Allopathy is good in Surgery and homepathy good for literrly every thing exept broken boones..
wizzardssleeve (November 29, 2008 at 1:37 pm)
You're absolutely right, what was I thinking? How is it possible to expect a shred of good evidence for homeopathy when it's only been around for two centuries?

I mean, modern medicine has been around significantly less time, and it's not as though there's tens of thousands of studies showing that works.

More special pleading. It seems your defintion of "nutcase" is "someone asking for proof".

You clearly abandoned logic and rational thought in favour of sexist abuse a long time ago. How sad.
dd1857 (November 29, 2008 at 2:38 pm)
LOl, drug companies and Govt supporting Allopathy, Homeopathy on its own.People suporting homeopathy are those who have been helped. Support is there and not much institutional Support.
So madan a 25 year old..kepp on trying to Say homepathy..One of my friends just had stocmuch operation..Yep American Citizen and American to core. Homeopathy and LOL he is not on pain killers..Surprised.Yep American Hospital.
Arnica,hypericaum,ledum.
LOL Read idiot Women..
wizzardssleeve (November 29, 2008 at 2:43 pm)
Yeah, you've tipped over into near total incoherence now. The only bit of the post you've just made I understood (aside from the usual sexist ranting) is that a friend of yours believes in homeopathy so much that he preferred to have an operation rather than trust his health to it. I don't blame him.

I think we've reached the end of a useless discussion, don't you? I'm going to continue pointing out when you're posting nonsense, but don't expect replies to your attempts at abuse. Bye!
dd1857 (November 29, 2008 at 7:14 pm)
you are a nut case.
That is what you are.
he needed operation for reducing weight. So nut case stop jumping to conclusion and thinking you are great.You are basically stupid and foolish ..Just because you dont like Homeopathy does not make you intellegant.
Stupid and foolish women
wizzardssleeve (November 29, 2008 at 2:58 am)
I really don't know why you think calling me female is going offend me. It'll probably offend the half of the global population whose gender is being used as a term of abuse, but you appear to be beyond caring.

Oh well, I think we can safely say you've crossed the line from someone who is just misguided but doesn't actually know what they're talking about into just being a tedious troll, spouting incoherent and risible attempts at abuse.

How tiresomely predictable. Run along now.
dd1857 (November 29, 2008 at 11:41 am)
You always side step your sexual problem ...what happned.Homeopathic doctors can help you a lot..
The after curing you every one can run along you.....Women or Women..LOL