Homeopathy and the memory of water

The nice thing about having a blog is that you get to talk about many things, even if you don't really know the subject. 8-D

The homeopathy is a pseudo-science that given a patient with symtompts, finds an herb that produces the same symptomps, infuses water with the plant, and dilutes it well beyond the point there is any molecule of the plant left on the water.

The most interesting thing is that the article depicts homeopathy as something that can't possibly work because it goes against science: Water doesn't have memory.

Does really the water have memory? I hope not because people drink recycled water.

Do you know that the first locomotives were invented for trains and only when that was well understood and working for years the theory of heat was developed?

In order for science to advance, you first need to find the phenomena and then you need to find the explanations. And the explanations are just the explanations, the important thing is the phenomena.

In the case of Homeopathy the article claims that it is a placebo effect. Come on, if the placebo effect were true you would have a market for placebos, and there is no market in sight. And don't tell me Homeopathy is a placebo, because placebos are supposed to be water and sugar, so if people with diseases can feel better drinking sugared water, wouldn't it be that they are "sugar high"?

If placebo really works we are spending too much money on real medicine. People who claim that placebo works should get a brain scan, because it can't possibly work.

Let us suppose that placebo works: We don't need real medicine, let us use placebos.

Let us suppose placebos don't work: What is Homeopathy then?

Planes can't fly

How do you know if you have achieved real innovation? When intelligent people are claming you are wasting your time because your goal can't be achieved.

For example when the Wright brothers were building their first plane (and failing miserably), big and reknowned physics were publishing papers explaning why machines heavier that air couldn't physically fly.

There were many groups tryign to fly, but only Wright brothers were trying to make a kite fly. A kite? Yes! At first it was an unmanned plane that flew as a kite and was controlled from earth. Once they could control the kite from earth and turn left, right, up and down as wished, they tried to fly it.

Other teams tried to fly their planes from the very beginning and since there was not a market for pilots, the inventors died.

So the real lesson for invention:

1. Do not listen to people who claim pigs can't fly, even if they have PhDs on the subject.
2. Take baby steps and make sure the last step worked before taking the next one.