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10^23

This is the version with the "tweaked" wording:

On the 6th of February, in partnership with the Canberra Skeptics
incorporated, I will be participating in the global 10-23 event.

It has been my observation, and that of others in the skeptical
movement, that most members of the public do not understand what
homeopathy really is. Most people seem to think that the adjective
"homeopathic" is the equivalent of "herbal", or "natural". They
consider homeopathy the same way they consider vitamins, or health
supplements, when in fact homeopathy is a very different kind of
product.

We will not be making a claim about whether or not homeopathy actually
works. Instead, we will be demonstrating to the public how homeopathy
is prepared. We will be making a 30C homeopathic preparation of
hydrochloric acid, demonstrating the principles of dilution and
succussion. The public will be able to make up their own mind whether
to spend money on elaborately and expensively prepared water.

If any supporter of homeopathy really believes they can distinguish the
homeopathic preparation from plain water, we invite them to try for the
Australian Skeptics $100,000 prize or the James Randi Educational
Foundation's million dollar prize. Of course, they will have to prove
it can be done without reliance upon pure chance!

This event will begin at 10:23am on Sunday 6th February, to coincide
with associated events across the world. For further details closer to
the date, visit rationalcapital.com.au.
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Nursefoxfire said:
That's Super Bowl Sunday. Are they crazy?!?
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Last year's Super Bowl pulled in around 106.5 million viewers in the U.S., finally overtaking the record held by the finale episode of M*A*S*H.

This tells me that approximately two out of three people in the country weren't watching the Super Bowl. I expect there's probably another six billion or so scattered around those 'other' countries who aren't watching it either.

They ought to be able to scrape up a few participants out of what's left over from the (American) football fans.
 
quadraginta said:
Last year's Super Bowl pulled in around 106.5 million viewers in the U.S., finally overtaking the record held by the finale episode of M*A*S*H.

This tells me that approximately two out of three people in the country weren't watching the Super Bowl. I expect there's probably another six billion or so scattered around those 'other' countries who aren't watching it either.

They ought to be able to scrape up a few participants out of what's left over from the (American) football fans.
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Yes, but what kind of U.S. media coverage can you expect on a day where the score of the game will be the lead news story and the price of the commercials will be the second most important story? Even an astrologer could see that this is a bad choice of dates.

ETA: October 23rd. That would have been a good date (at least American-wise).
 
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Ladewig said:
Yes, but what kind of U.S. media coverage can you expect on a day where the score of the game will be the lead news story and the price of the commercials will be the second most important story? Even an astrologer could see that this is a bad choice of dates.

ETA: October 23rd. That would have been a good date (at least American-wise).
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I wouldn't expect a great deal of media coverage under the very best of circumstances. Debunking isn't sexy. It doesn't "sell papers". News producers don't want to disillusion their audience, they want to tantalize them.

I don't disagree that they could have picked a better date, but in the larger scheme of things I don't really think it matters that much, not least because it's a world-wide event, and the Super Bowl doesn't have quite the same cachet outside the U.S. Now, if they had picked the day of the World Cup final ...
 
I tried to find what homeopathic HCl is supposed to cure, and found it rather confusing:

http://abchomeopathy.com/r.php/Mur-ac

As I understand that web page, a dose of the real stuff produces those rather nasty symptoms, including "Loud moaning" and "Pain as if brain were crushed". If I ever start moaning loudly or feeling as if my brain is being crushed, I now know what to do about it.

The strange thing is, my stomach contains large amounts of HCl, and I seem to tolerate that without any of those symptoms. Perhaps I'm missing something.
 
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leon_heller said:
I tried to find what homeopathic HCl is supposed to cure, and found it rather confusing:

http://abchomeopathy.com/r.php/Mur-ac

As I understand that web page, a dose of the real stuff produces those rather nasty symptoms, including "Loud moaning" and "Pain as if brain were crushed". If I ever start moaning loudly or feeling as if my brain is being crushed, I now know what to do about it.
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Zombie in a vice?
 
I had looked a while back and there was nothing in my area, and then just before it was time I checked and something was listed but I couldn't find any details. The 10:23 site listed something in my city but it wasn't a link nor could I find detailed information anywhere else. "Something is happening at some point somewhere in Phoenix" isn't really useful, so I skipped it. Probably I was just missing something obvious. Oh well.
 
SOdhner said:
I had looked a while back and there was nothing in my area, and then just before it was time I checked and something was listed but I couldn't find any details. The 10:23 site listed something in my city but it wasn't a link nor could I find detailed information anywhere else. "Something is happening at some point somewhere in Phoenix" isn't really useful, so I skipped it. Probably I was just missing something obvious. Oh well.
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Initially, only Atlanta was listed as a US city. I just looked at the international page, and several other cities participated.

I Googled Phoenix skeptics, and found this:

http://www.meetup.com/SkepticsInPhoenix/events/16061494/

It's also how I found the Atlanta group.
 
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