Ossai said:
Even if there is a single molecule, what is it supposed to do?
I know what it can do, ziltch, but what is it supposed to do? How is the magic water/pill supposed to treat anything?
Is it supposed to do a Rocky impression and KO all the bad molecules?
What?
This is the next
EXCELLENT question after the dilution/succussion silliness. Let me just reiterate this for Kumar, and go over it for Dr MAS.
Consider a beaker of "pure homeopathic" water used for making remedies. Let's assume that it is absolutely pure water, no contaminating molecules whatsoever (impossible, but let's just pretend). Once put in the container, it then comes into contact with all the gases in the air nearby, the glass or metal of the container, and any paint and/or plastic used in containing and mixing the remedy. In addition, at room temperature, many gases areactually dissolved in water. From each of these sources the water contacts untold billions of atoms, ions and molecules of just about every element and compound there is. Some are readily absorbed, and they dilute into the water, or form various new compounds. Some are less soluble, and some not at all. Even the glass molecules (various silicon oxides) absorb a very tiny amount into water - to the tune of probably only a few billion per ml.
Which means that the base "pure" water, before any remedy is added, contains just about all the known elements, and probably thousands of organic compunds, all in various states of solution, before the "mother tincture" is added. And the problem is that the "mother tincture" is more than likely just one of these dissolved substances, such as sodium chloride.
So when the dilution/"potentisation" process happens, the plain homeopathic water being added to dilute the remedy already contains relatively high concentrations of the tincture being potentised. Which leads to an obvious question: How does the homeopath ensure that the selected atoms from the tincture, which are identical to billions of atoms already in the water, gets selected to "proceed" at every step of the potentisation process?
Of course, they can't. They cannot select one specific drop in the ocean; they cannot select one sodium or chlorine ion from any other in the solution. But they will waffle on as though the homeopathic potentisation process CAN do this. But at this point it's quite clear that the whole potentisation process is a total sham. And as it is central to homeopathic medicine, that's a problem.
There's a more obvious solution for the homeopaths to take here: If every remedy contains pure "homeopathic" base water that has every known element and many organic compounds already, why bother to add the mother tincture and do succession at all? Already the water has the homeopathic curative power without all that expensive dilution process! And what's more, it should be the perfect cure for every homeopathic patient whoever shows up at the door because of what it contains.
And if it doesn't work first time? Why, you just change to water from another tap or jar and try that instead. Obvious, no?
