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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic
This? This is what I did not want. The part of homeopathy that isn't bullshit is the part affected by the placebo effect.
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So what was the purpose of asking? You basically said ...
"Hey, should I say something to someone that they may not agree with? Oh, by the way, only respond to this thread if you agree with me."
You must have missed the part where I said that if you have definitive proof that the product is a placebo then it probably wouldn't hurt to bring it up.
Besides, we aren't really talking about a placebo here. We are talking about a product that contains ingredients which are presumably sold as a treatment. I mean, have you analyzed the product and determined that it is indeed a sugar pill?
Where do you get your evidence that it does or does not work? The internet? Trade journals? Other doctors? Pharmaceutical companies? Pharmacists? So-called "Naturopaths"? All of them have a bias; with the possible exception of the internet which is so full of misinformation on BOTH SIDES that it's laughable.
For instance, there is new evidence that "the power of positive thinking" doesn't actually work either. So everyone who claims that just because a product made the patient "think" they felt better are full of shit according to this study.
Personally, I don't use ultimatums or broad-generalizations such as "all [insert generalization here] is bullshit." I am an open-minded skeptic ...