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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 08:49 AM Apr 2016

According to homeopathy, under which circumstances does hom. medicine stop working?

So, I have a substance. I dilute that substance in water. The water mimics that substance with its water-memory and passes this pattern on to a larger volume of water...

Except... What happens if I dump homeopathic medicine into the ocean?
(For example, via a toilet? For example, after passing that medicine through an organism?)

Won't that transform all of the ocean-water into homeopathic medicine?
What kind of homeopathic medicine?
What happens if several homeopathic medicines get dumped into the same volume of water?



Example:
Let's take 100 ml homeopathic medicine of a commercially available D24-dilution.
We dump that into the ocean.
The ocean has a volume of roughly 1.33x10^9 km^3. Let's round it down to 10^9 km^9.
That's 10^18 m^3, that's 10^21 liters.
(10^-1)*(10^-21)*(10^-24) = 10^-46
The ocean is now a homeopathic medicine of a D46-dilution.
Which means, all of the oceans on planet Earth are now a homeopathic medicine of medium strength.




So why should I buy homeopathic medicine when I can just take a sip of sea-water free-of-charge?

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According to homeopathy, under which circumstances does hom. medicine stop working? (Original Post) DetlefK Apr 2016 OP
I think you have just proven that sea water is as effective as homeopathic medicine EmperorHasNoClothes Apr 2016 #1
I have an idea for a start-up. It will sell bottled sea-water. DetlefK Apr 2016 #2
This may work EmperorHasNoClothes Apr 2016 #3
Easier than hand-wringing oil out of snakes. (They do NOT like that.) DetlefK Apr 2016 #4
Stop thinking about it so much. progressoid Apr 2016 #5
How about water vapor? If the "homeopathic effect" on water propagates through H2O... xocet Apr 2016 #6
When there is a skeptic as a witness it will no longer work. yellowcanine May 2016 #7
It's all just dinosaur piss. End of discussion. nt NickB79 May 2016 #8

EmperorHasNoClothes

(4,797 posts)
3. This may work
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 09:04 AM
Apr 2016

Hell, if Nestlé can charge $2 for a 16oz bottle of tap water, I figure you can get at least $10 for a bottle of DetlefK's Amazing All-Curing Homeopathic Naturally Sourced Sea Water!

progressoid

(49,991 posts)
5. Stop thinking about it so much.
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 09:25 AM
Apr 2016

All you need to know is that it works! People have said so.

And all your fancy numbers and facts won't change that.

xocet

(3,871 posts)
6. How about water vapor? If the "homeopathic effect" on water propagates through H2O...
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 01:23 PM
Apr 2016

Would water vapor also not carry homeopathy's "medicinal effects"?

It seems to me that everyone is by default being homeopathically treated by simply breathing slightly humid air.



DISCLAIMER: These questions are not serious as homeopathy is not a serious field of medicine - homeopathy is a crackpot theory with no empirical support.

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