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Old 12th January 2008, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Luise Kunkle View Post
The skeptics deny that those remedies can work at all!!!

In order to disprove that, even one trial that comes out highly
significantly for homeopathy would disprove the skeptic's assertion -
just as only one black swan falsifies the assertion that all swans are
white (which is a standard example of what falsification means).
There are a couple of provisos regarding clincal trials:
- It must be a properly conducted DBRCT.
- It must be replicated.
The first eliminates the placebo effect.
The second ensures it was not a chance result.

So, no, it is not sufficient just to have a single positive result.
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