A Conversation for Ask h2g2
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Apr 9, 2008
It did work according to my parents, but I'm too young to remember 
See? We're Mostly Harmless 
Yay us!
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
NPY Posted Apr 9, 2008
Well it must count for something. But I'd love to know how the heck it's supposed to work!
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk Posted Apr 9, 2008
Next time I'm ill, I'm tempted to try a homeopathic remedy ... but neat. If it works in such small amounts, imagine how much more effective it must be _before_ you dilute it. 
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
A Super Furry Animal Posted Apr 9, 2008
Did you hear about the homoeopath who fell out of his boat and died of an overdose?
RF
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
Hoovooloo Posted Apr 10, 2008
No, it's the homoeopath who *forgot to take his pills* and died of an overdose...
SoRB
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Apr 10, 2008
Bob,
If you want to take a neat bee sting or aconite, be my guest, I wouldn't recommend it as a healthy option though...
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
blue-eyedmarkyboy Posted Apr 10, 2008
Yeah good idea ! Is that why we give them more money per capita than we get in England? or is it because they sell us the oil?
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
NPY Posted Apr 11, 2008
Would be interesting to see what the effects of the neat stuff would be. If one molecule in a vial of water can cure someone......
Or does it really have to be so diluted?
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
DaveBlackeye Posted Apr 11, 2008
There is no molecule in the vial. In a 12c dilution, the chance of the vial containing a single molecule of the original compound is about 1 in 2 billion. The 'remedy' is just water, and funnily enough has been shown to have exactly the same effect as water.
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
NPY Posted Apr 11, 2008
Well I know, but even in an incredibly diluted mixture, the molecules have to be somewhere. They haven't just disappeared. So there's a chance, no matter how small, that there'll be the odd molecule in your vial. Right?
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
DaveBlackeye Posted Apr 11, 2008
Yes, one chance in two billion. So if everyone on earth was given the same remedy, three people would get a molecule each.
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
NPY Posted Apr 11, 2008
Well yeah. Though does it make a difference to those three people? Probably not.
Why not save everyone a lot of trouble and just give people the watrer in the first place and tell them it's medicine.
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
DaveBlackeye Posted Apr 11, 2008
Damn good question. We should ask them.
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Apr 11, 2008
*keeping schtum*
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
NPY Posted Apr 11, 2008
What are you thinking, Robyn?
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
DaveBlackeye Posted Apr 11, 2008
shutting up now also
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Apr 11, 2008
When you realise that post 97 is a reply to post 9, you might see that it is slightly less mad than you might otherwise suppose.
Many people don't bother checking what post you've replied to, so it's no bad idea to quote a little or to mention the posting number.
TRiG.
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Apr 11, 2008
Post 97? 
We're only at 78 now! Which one do you mean?
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
NPY Posted Apr 11, 2008
That's what I was thinking. Totally confused now.
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune Posted Apr 14, 2008
a pre-emptive, post modern posting from somewhere in time and space perhaps?
Key: Complain about this post
Why cant we do this and who else should we do it to?
- 61: Malabarista - now with added pony (Apr 9, 2008)
- 62: NPY (Apr 9, 2008)
- 63: Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk (Apr 9, 2008)
- 64: A Super Furry Animal (Apr 9, 2008)
- 65: Hoovooloo (Apr 10, 2008)
- 66: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Apr 10, 2008)
- 67: blue-eyedmarkyboy (Apr 10, 2008)
- 68: NPY (Apr 11, 2008)
- 69: DaveBlackeye (Apr 11, 2008)
- 70: NPY (Apr 11, 2008)
- 71: DaveBlackeye (Apr 11, 2008)
- 72: NPY (Apr 11, 2008)
- 73: DaveBlackeye (Apr 11, 2008)
- 74: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Apr 11, 2008)
- 75: NPY (Apr 11, 2008)
- 76: DaveBlackeye (Apr 11, 2008)
- 77: TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office (Apr 11, 2008)
- 78: Malabarista - now with added pony (Apr 11, 2008)
- 79: NPY (Apr 11, 2008)
- 80: Br Robyn Hoode - Navo - complete with theme tune (Apr 14, 2008)
More Conversations for Ask h2g2
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."