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Post by scienceisgod on Aug 3, 2017 22:51:29 GMT
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Post by gadreel on Aug 3, 2017 22:55:31 GMT
I am not convinced that majority means what you think it means, in any case there are no numbers in the article that suggest majority. You cannot stop people doing stupid things, but you can refuse to find them. |
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Post by scienceisgod on Aug 3, 2017 23:01:39 GMT
I am not convinced that majority means what you think it means, in any case there are no numbers in the article that suggest majority. You cannot stop people doing stupid things, but you can refuse to find them. The number given in the article is 57%. I am glad you are not in charge of preventing people from doing stupid things. Part of the point here is that when you think you have all the answers, you don't. |
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Post by gadreel on Aug 3, 2017 23:14:42 GMT
I am not convinced that majority means what you think it means, in any case there are no numbers in the article that suggest majority. You cannot stop people doing stupid things, but you can refuse to find them. The number given in the article is 57%. I am glad you are not in charge of preventing people from doing stupid things. Part of the point here is that when you think you have all the answers, you don't. Apologies, I missed that, however that figure is 'have ever used' not 'use' there is an important distinction, given the comment: indicating that at any given time a tiny minority of Germans are using homeopathy. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 23:17:49 GMT
You can't. It's a free country. Personally I'd support putting cigarette-style disclaimers on the stuff. "Warning : this bottle contains pure water only. It cannot benefit your health in any way." But if people want to waste their money, that's up to them. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 23:24:01 GMT
It may have a useful placebo effect for those who truly believe in it, but it shouldn't be covered by insurance. I used to believe in homeopathy, but then I realised that if homeopathy worked, then ordinary tap water would itself be a cure-all (given that it has been in contact with a broad range of different substances).
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Post by progressiveelement on Aug 3, 2017 23:31:37 GMT
Invade them!!!
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Post by phludowin on Aug 4, 2017 22:31:14 GMT
Of course, if you count every person who ever bought a product by a company who also manufactures homeopathic products, as a "user" of homeopathy, you can get 57%.
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Post by scienceisgod on Aug 4, 2017 22:59:07 GMT
Of course, if you count every person who ever bought a product by a company who also manufactures homeopathic products, as a "user" of homeopathy, you can get 57%. John D Rockefeller was a homeopath user. We all hear that homeopathy is diluted beyond Avogadro's number, and it's just water, and all that. But practically any herb in any form gets labeled homeopathy. Camphor is considered homeopathy and nobody would say that's just water. It's part of a bait and switch to ban anything that isn't a patented pharmaceutical drug. That's stuff is so terrible it can't stand up to even the weakest competition. So the hard part is explaining how the most advanced civilization in the world is also the most taken in by the most ridiculous anti-science ever. And they can't. The big lie is exposed. |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Aug 4, 2017 23:08:56 GMT
Where did they get that figure from? Wikipedia has it at 11.5%,a nd that was in 2008 so it may actually be lower now. I'm rather skeptical since Germany is overwhelmingly atheistic/non religious and of course homeopathy is something more associated with religion/mysticism/spiritualism/etc. Even if what you're saying is true, that's just a lame ad populam argument. In a related matter, looks like the NHS is banning homeopathy.
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