Skeptoid #34: Homeopathy: Pure Water or Pure Nonsense?

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2007

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Contrary to what many supporters think, homeopathy is neither an herbal nor a natural remedy.

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0:00.0	You don't have to go very far back into history to find a time when we knew very little
0:08.7	about the human body that was useful or true, and concocted some pretty crazy medical
0:14.4	notions.
0:15.7	But what's even crazier is that today, when real options are widely available, many people
0:21.3	instead insist on turning to the antique snake oil that's proven today to have no benefits
0:27.3	at all.
0:28.5	One such example is homeopathy, and that's coming right up on Skeptoid.
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1:22.4	You're listening to Skeptoid.
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1:27.4	Homeopathy.
1:29.8	Today we're going to take a tiny sugar pill infused with specially charged water and
1:34.9	cure our ills in a novel way.
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