19 Century or 21st Century?
It is pitiable to turn from these, the plain teaching of scientific sense, to the miserable tale of homeopathic twaddle which is being told out at Norwich, under the direction of noble lords, London i
[A layperson] would have wished that homoeopathy had never been applied to politics: and in his anger would have inveighed bitterly against [him] for being such an exceedingly homoeopathic legislator.
At present, the regulation of alternative medicine is chaotic because the government is trying to regulate while avoiding the single most important question – do the treatments work?
Quackery, superstition and scientific ignorance are now being given public respectability that would have been unthinkable a decade or two back
The mere fact that one individual has tried something and considers that, in their case, it worked, is not evidence. It is an anecdote. However, there are lots and lots of trials of homeopathy, which
[He] is well known to be a homeopathist. [If he applied his philosphopy to politics] he would administer to us infinitesimal doses of recreation; the smallest globules of pleasure, mixed up with brimm
It’s funny how some people, otherwise intelligent, will argue whenever they meddle with a question about medicine. You would call a man a fool for talking about any other subject which he does not u
It is not open-minded to ignore a huge body of robust evidence in favour of anecdote and hearsay: it is closed-minded, because you are refusing to accept evidence, and closing yourself off from actual
If the idea is to treat people with massively diluted "remedies", why don't homeopaths just add one drop of their various potions into the public water supply, thereby curing the entire population of
[He] says that he became a convert to the principles of Homoeopathy “— how? From carefully sifting an accumulation of evidence, patiently comparing and analysing the facts? No; but “from seeing
MR.X, however, uses a correct expression when he calls himself a ” convert” to Homoeopathy. Science has no “converts.” Scientific truths are either self-evident or demonstrable. Philosophical
[We would like to see] the back of homeopathy because even if it does work to an extent, it still promotes false knowledge and encourages people to use 'belief' and 'faith' in place of science and rea
Those who argue that this charlatanry should be treated with the contempt it deserves are more likely to know something about the absurd theory behind it, and the miraculous breakthroughs in basic sci
It is, to my mind, inexplicable that intelligent men who have had any knowledge or experience of contagious diseases could expect that the infinitesimal doses given in homeopathy would counteract the
[He] is yet another sad example of why politicians should stick to the (exceedingly few) topics they know about, and not pronounce on science, or share their daft superstitions.
To any one that has any common sense and half decent education, who is generally careful in drawing inferences, who has the slightest inkling of an idea of the nature of proof, who does not jump to hi
Thank goodness MR.X has never had to experience the effects of Homoeopathy himself. That is, thank goodness he has never had to experience the effects of a serious illness unchecked by the quackery he
It is not for anyone to have to prove that homoeopathy does not work. Science has looked for evidence that homoeopathy works and the evidence is not there. That's the state of things and no amount of
[Homeopathy] is so far from being in itself likely; it is anteriorly improbable in the very highest degree, and, indeed, ridiculously absurd on the first face of it.
No homeopathic remedy has ever, or could ever, be reclassified as a conventional medicine because the production process dilutes any ingredient to the point of non-presence. That's just as well, as m
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