h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Can I first say - excellent article.

I wish to put my experiences before you. They are quite unscientific, but may serve to amuse.

I used to work as a driving instructor. From time to time I'd have a learner who suffered so badly from nerves that they repeatedly failed their driving test - I'd see a huge difference in their performance on the day. Some were so bad that they had severe physical symptoms - sickness, stomach ache and so forth.

I decided to try and help one such unfortunate. I gave him a drink of a homeopathic calming medicine. I explained about homeopathy, and told him that if he drank a glass of the water I provided an hour before the test he'd feel much better. He did, and passed. Flushed with my success, I repeated this with the next nervous pupil I had, and it worked. I used my homeopathic calming medicine several times, with success - but I was always careful to reveal the source of my special medicine after the test.

The source? My kitchen tap!

Applause! Brilliant. Write that up as an entry and I'll link to it from ARS as an example of excellent and responsible use of headology.

An informative, commendable and very well written piece. The section on Downloadable Medicine reminded me of a cartoon that appeared in some learned journal at the time of the Nature article.

In it the good Homeopath was taking tea at a table in a cafe and a waitress was beside him with the sugar bowl.

"One molecule or two, Dr. Benveniste?"

Thanks again.......

Excellent!

H.

woo hoo! this made HEADLINES!



frankly, i was beginning to wonder if this would ever make the front page, let alone headlines. so imagine my surprise today when i logged on...

thanks, you guys!