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To: dark_lord
You must be joking Mr. Dark_Lord! Yes, I meant M-brane, not P-brane, sorry.

I do not think that string theory has anything to do with Homeopathy as you write about in your previous post. That is why I write about joking.
17 posted on 06/12/2003 10:44:44 AM PDT by AdmSmith
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To: AdmSmith
Most "articles" on homeopathy are self serving attemps by new age scam artist snake oil salesmen to sell "potions" to the gullible. That does not invalidate the concepts of homeopathy.

What is homeopathy?

Dr Samuel Hahnemann published his theory of homeopathy (in 1810, so this is not something new), from the Greek homoios (same) and pathos (suffering).

What is the approach?

Remedies are diluted on the decimal scale (x) with a dilution factor of 1:10, or on the centesimal scale (c) with a dilution factor of 1:100. A decimal dilution of 6x is said to equal one part in a million; roughly equivalent to a pinch of salt in a bath of water. On the centesimal scale, a 12c potency is comparable to a pinch of salt in the Atlantic Ocean. After each dilution, the mixture is shaken vigorously (known as succussion) to transfer ‘energy’ from the substance and potentiate its healing properties. According to one theory, the diluted liquid keeps an electromagnetic ‘footprint’ or ‘memory’ of the original substance.

Now, in a 3D Newtonian worldview, this is clearly bullsh*t. But of course, we don't live in a 3D world. The relationship between M-brane theory and homeopathy is that the "deeper structures" are impacted by the changes to the 3D interface. The question is, is this true? The only way to determine its validity is by experiment. An nD reality perspective admits that homeopathy might have some validity, therefore experiments to validate it are required. A 3D perspective starts from the a priori perspective that it is a scam and bad science, and no one wants to do the experiments because of course no scientist wants to be a National Enquirer, World Weekly News, trailer park kind of scientist.

20 posted on 06/12/2003 1:21:47 PM PDT by dark_lord (The Statue of Liberty now holds a baseball bat and she's yelling 'You want a piece of me?')
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