dilution

I saw a parody of a homeopathic "remedy" package that was shared on facebook by the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe. I quickly assumed that it was originally a package of Oscillococcinum and commented, like others, that it was 100% sugar. When I took a closer look however, I saw that it was...

I've been wondering about these for some time now: What is the most poisonous substance available for dilution? In homeopathic terms, how much would you need to dilute it for it to be safe for eating / drinking, C6, C12? What is the most poisonous substance used in homeopathy? In homeopathic...

If homeopathic remedies are such incredibly dilute solutions ie 1 part active ingredient to 1 x 10^30 or 1 x 10^1000 parts water, can someone explain the manufacturing process? I've been wondering for a while and it occurred to me that it must take some pretty swanky lab equipment to get to...

Even more than "C300": dilution in homeopathy, a quest for infinite numbers? Today, just out of curiosity, I wondered what might be the maximum dilution used in homeopathic "remedies". How far will they go? Off the top of my head, I recalled two: Note: Here they write their funny dilutions...

So if I dilute something by a factor of avagadros number/constant. There is less than a 50% chance that there exists even 1 molecule of the original solute left, as I have been informed. Why is this so? why avagadro's constant? I thought this number was arrived at fairly arbitrarily by...