Tomorrow, I plan to travel to the centre of London where I will take a huge overdose – in public – consuming an entire bottle of pills.
I will not be alone. I'll be joined by several hundred others in London and around the world who will also be overdosing. No harm will come to us because the pills will be homeopathic, and therefore contain no active ingredient – just sugar.
Continue reading at The Guardian!
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OK, here goes:
Quote from the penultimate paragraph of the Guardian article:
"Homeopathy does not work beyond placebo"
I infer from this (or is it 'deduce', I can never remember the difference) that placebo produces a statistically significant effect such that great care has to be taken to exclude it from clinical trials so it doesn't 'pollute' results.
It seems placebo effect is measurable when patients believe their treatment might be an empirically proven remedy.
If they know for sure that they are *not* being given a proven remedy, the placebo effect is not observed.
One can therefore theorise that certain forms of uncertainty have a proven therapeutic effect.
By exploding the homeopathic myth, surely you are wilfully undermining recovery outcomes by removing therapeutic uncertainty? Given the logic and the statistics, it is highly probable that one or more people will suffer from their illness longer as a direct consequence of your article. In extreme cases, it is possible that some people who may have recovered will now never recover or even die because of your article.
How do you square that with your conscience? Or do you feel that deliberately causing suffering in others is justified in your search for a higher Truth?
To be perfectly frank, I have no real interest in homeopathy one way or the other; ethics, on the hand, I find endlessly fascinating...
Excellent site, btw, keep up the good work :)
After reading an excellent article about ways conspiracy theorists hijack debates, I've reworded my original comment as follows:
Quote from the penultimate paragraph of the Guardian article:
"Homeopathy does not work beyond placebo"
I infer from this (or is it 'deduce', I still haven't worked it out) that homeopathy is an effective medium for the placebo effect.
It seems that the placebo effect produces a statistically significant effect in clinical trials such that great care has to be taken to prevent it 'polluting' results. I haven't personally seen any research which confirms this belief, but I think it to be reasonably accurate. If you have evidence which shows this belief is inaccurate, please let me know.
It seems placebo effect is measurable when patients believe their treatment might be an empirically proven remedy.
If they know for sure that they are *not* being given a proven remedy, it seems the placebo effect is not observed.
One might therefore hypothesise that certain forms of uncertainty have been shown to produce a therapeutic effect.
By exploding the homeopathic myth, one might further hypothesise that you run the risk of undermining some recovery outcomes by removing therapeutic uncertainty.
Given the readership of the Guardian, it is highly probable that one or more readers are using homeopathic remedies which they believe to be efficacious. It is possible that they will lose their belief, and hence their relief, and suffer from their illness longer as a direct consequence of reading your article.
In extreme cases, and under the same assumptions, it is possible that some people who may have recovered from their illness will now never recover, or even die, because of your article.
Did you consider this before you started your campaign to expose homeopathy? How do you square that with your conscience now? Or do you feel that causing or prolonging suffering in others, whether by thoughtless default or by wilful lack of care, is justified in your search for empirical accuracy?
A bit strange idea...Anyway, waiting for you to write about the consequences of your travel.service writing
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