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#1458937
Homeopathy is 100% safe. Its as safe as drinking clean water.
10/16/2012 3:21:40 AM
#1458946
Diatryma
Well it IS anecdotal, isn't it? Homeopathy does bring immediate relief, to be sure... to the wallet of anyone who buys this cr*p.
10/16/2012 3:45:28 AM
#1458951
ScrappyB
Safe, yes. Effective, no.
10/16/2012 3:53:13 AM
#1458952
Stonespiral
I'm betting that 'Amy' never existed.
10/16/2012 3:53:34 AM
#1458964
rubber chicken
Yes! They would, because it is!
10/16/2012 4:08:47 AM
#1458971
Anedoctal? No
Fictional? Yes
10/16/2012 4:28:00 AM
#1458989
Leighton Buzzard
So he turned out not to be autistic. Good for him. Meanwhile, let's hope he doesn't get really ill, cos his Momma might not get real medicine, and kill him with only her magic water.
10/16/2012 4:56:15 AM
#1458998
VioletBeauregarde
Ladies and gentlemen...meet the new Neumanns! Feel free to boo, jeer, taunt and throw rotten produce but please try to refrain from violence.
10/16/2012 5:03:29 AM
#1459001
Kuno
[…] The skeptics will dismiss this experience as anacdotal; but then they would, wouldn't they!
You know, just because you are predicting what your critics will be saying does not mean that they are wrong…
And correct me if I am wrong, but this is just “anacdotal”[sic] evidence. If it is not just made up by you (or Amy).
10/16/2012 5:04:51 AM
#1459025
gravematter
I 100% believe this story. However, one child "showing signs" of autism and then turning out not to actually have autism, is hardly fucking earth-shattering. What would be earth-shattering, however, is if a glass of water turned out to be a cure for anything except mild dehydration.
10/16/2012 5:30:23 AM
#1459052
Doubting Thomas
Yes, because homeopathic "medicine" is nothing but water.
10/16/2012 6:00:29 AM
#1459057
Mister Spak
What else would skeptics call shit.
10/16/2012 6:05:01 AM
#1459066
David B.
I heard about this guy Steve that relied on anecdotal evidence once? It turned out to be totally bogus and he ended up looking like a complete window licker!
10/16/2012 6:14:48 AM
#1459075
Dr. Razark
@#1458937
"Homeopathy is 100% safe. Its as safe as drinking clean water."
I'm not sure I can agree with your definition of "safe". Refusing to give someone medicine and saying "drink this magic water instead" is not safe. It's as evil as faith healing.
10/16/2012 6:26:14 AM
#1459077
Anon-e-moose
"The skeptics will dismiss this experience as anacdotal; but then they would, wouldn't they!"
Well, until Homeopathy can regenerate a missing limb (unlike, say...
a windpipe transplant from bone marrow Stem Cell generation; via proven medical science), then a definite case of...:
It's the reason why this pioneering British technique has been passed by the MHRA, and Homoeopathy never will. Because it's been proven to work.
When your 'magic water' can do exactly the same, let us know.
We won't be holding our breaths, though (pun may or may not be intended).
10/16/2012 6:31:50 AM
#1459101
Toothygrin
"Showing signs of" =/= "diagnosed with". Unless a doctor said "this is autism", it's not. But thn, the reason you do woo like you do is because you don't trust doctors anyway.
So stop using current medicinal terminology and call it "demons" or "misaligned crystals" or tainted auras or whatever you idiots call it
10/16/2012 7:32:30 AM
#1459116
JSS
Oh no! The almighty and irrefutable ad hominem attack! What are we skeptics to do?
10/16/2012 8:17:09 AM
#1459138
Autism cannot be cured, precisely - but a child will learn to compensate and deal with their differences; those two years were what did it, not the homeopathy.
10/16/2012 8:45:40 AM
#1459140
louislois
I'd love to hear this freak's opinions on vaccines.
10/16/2012 8:47:25 AM
#1459164
John_in_Oz
Homeopathy has been found to be 82% effective at inducing the placebo effect.
10/16/2012 9:07:43 AM
#1459165
Ebon
The skeptics will dismiss this experience as anacdotal
That doesn't prevent them being right.
10/16/2012 9:10:15 AM
#1459224
Beccs
I cured 100 people of HIV by having them ride up and down in crowded elevators for 10 straight hours.
The skeptics will dismiss this experience as anecdotal; but then they would, wouldn't they!
10/16/2012 11:43:34 AM
#1459245
checkmate
She found homeopathy
Years ago I was going out with a girl who was into homeopathy. So, one day I gave her a homeopathic gold necklace with matching earrings. The gold was so thin, you couldn't see or feel it.
She didn't think it was funny. ;-)
10/16/2012 12:16:36 PM
#1459253
Mattiedef
Sounds more Conspiracy Theory to me!
As someone who struggled with actual asberger's (Very similar condition, sometimes referred to as a mild form of autism) I can say that two years would be pretty small time period to 'adjust' to normal life.
I'm functional and mostly treated, but between general social phobia due to being unable to know if I'm doing something herp derp or not, my inability to read reactions, and lack of volume control still frustrates me in non-Internet based communication.
Though realistically, 3 years old is way early to truely be autistic. The 'sign' was probably just having difficulty with speaking or something similar. Since most mild forms have to do with socialization, you don't really know that well until they start to interact heavily with others and really show signs of not being able to learn interactions normally. I was actually thought to be ADHD until I was at least six when it was clear I had no attention disorder, I was obsessive, but had huge problems with people (Which ADHD usually doesn't have.). Psychological diagnosis is usually a long and intensive process if there's multiple overlaps.
10/16/2012 12:25:01 PM
#1459277
dp
"The skeptics will dismiss this experience as anacdotal; but then they would, wouldn't they!"
and they'd be right, wouldn't they INAPPROPRIATE PUNCTUATION
10/16/2012 1:13:46 PM
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