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Originally Posted by colmcq
That would never, ever work!!
Different people have different energies! The symptom may well be the same, but the underlying cause - an energy imbalance - will be subtly different from person to person and will require subtly different remedies.
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I posted a suggestion for a clinical trial which could test the claims of homeopathy on another thread.
Here it is:
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It is possible to do a DBRCT of homoeopathy.
It is also quite simple:
Let the homoeopathic patient do whatever he usually does when he attends his homoeopathic practitioner.
Let the homoeopathic practitioner do whatever he usually does when he attends to his homoeopathic patient.
Let the homoeopathic pharmacist do whatever he usually does when he makes up the remedy prescribed by the homoeopath.
In other words, there is will be no interference at all between the patient and the homoeopath.
All we need to do is introduce an independent Mediator.
The Mediator does the following:
- he makes up a placebo with the same appearance and taste as the remedy.
- he randomly selects between the remedy and the placebo.
- he keeps a record of what is selected.
- he seals what was selected into a standard container.
- he leaves this container for the pharmacist to dispense to the patient.
The Mediator must have no contact at any time with the homoeopathic pharmacist, practitioner, or patient.
After 100 patients, the Mediator matches his list of what was selected (either remedy or placebo) with the results in the homoeopath's record.
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What do you think?
Could it work and, if not, why not?