Homeopathy Prank
Came across this rather humorous posting on The Skeptics Society Forum the other day and thought I would share it with you.
Spoony writes:
Believers don’t know it’s not homeopathic!
` Yet another experiment more or less proves homeopathy is a placebo.
` In front of a video camera, I poured out my boyfriend’s vodka-suspended remedy (for muscle problems), rinsed it with water and coffee (because of the caffeine) and then poured in plain vodka.
` He has taken this vodka since, not realizing that I’ve switched it, saying; ‘See? I wasn’t able to do this yesterday! But look how I can move! It barely hurts! It’s so great! See? homeopathy can cure anything! You should try it!’
` He’s reacting to the plain vodka exactly like how he reacts to his remedy!!
This is good because he’s not suffering, he’s not waking up in the middle of the night from the pain, and he’s better able to move while he’s teaching me karate.
` I was laughing at first, but now I realize that I’ve gotten myself into a serious responsibility, and this is going to be bad for him. I have got to show him the video and explain to him about homeopathy, but I don’t know how to.
You can follow the rest of this thread for yourself to see how it turned out. I’m tempted to give you a hint, but that would just spoil the fun.
Later,
Dean
September 23rd, 2006 at 1:01 am
` Glad you like
So far, I am still paying for it… rather my boyfriend is. Since homeopathy apparently changed his life and all, I have challenged that assumption and am undergoing treatments. $470 later, and I have noticed absolutely no change in any of my chronic symptoms.
` Still, he is convinced that it will work if we only find the right remedy. Well, it’s his money, and I’d rather it be spent on more useful things, but if he insists….
September 29th, 2006 at 10:02 pm
Well, at least there’s nothing in homeopathic remedies that can hurt you physically… but $470… ouch!!!
September 30th, 2006 at 7:12 pm
` Hey, guess what? I finally read to my boyfriend all these scientific studies about homeopathy being indistinguishable from a placebo, and guess what? He says he’s convinced it didn’t work!
` And this from a person who always maintained that homeopathy has changed his entire life and was the major reason he regained mobility!
` WHOOOPEEEEEEE!
October 2nd, 2006 at 6:47 pm
That’s good news.
I can relate to how easy it is to be convinced that something works when it really doesn’t. It took me 10 years to figure out chiropractic wasn’t doing anything.
Then… once I started really researching it… the blinders fell off and I realized how they hoodwink us.
They’re going to be sorry they ever hoodwinked me… if they aren’t already!!!