hans,
*snip* my point in this frothy little paragraph, is that one can not compare the final product only on the basis of ratio ....
That is true, provided you can show that something beside mere mixing happens.
quibble: it is true, period. the rub is, that we can not demonstrate that there is more going on than mere mixing, just as you can not demonstrate that there is not. so i would paraphrase you here, thus: "that is true, until such time as you can show that something beside mere mixing happens ... or we can prove the negative."
actually, i suspect we also agree that there is no way to settle the dispute at this time, since:
1. we don't have - from our pov - the technology to demonstrate the accuracy of our observations, and ...
No, but nothing should keep you from demonstrating the EFFECT.
well, of course, hans, this brings us back to where we left off. but now, i will be happy to demonstrate that effect, if you can supply me with staff and cash to construct my little experiment. have you seen my article in the april ezine at hpathy, btw, on proving homeopathy?
bach