Comments on: They’re still arguing over the effectiveness of water http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/22/theyre-still-arguing-over-the-effectiveness-of-water/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Loretta http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/22/theyre-still-arguing-over-the-effectiveness-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Loretta Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:32:13 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/22/theyre-still-arguing-over-the-effectiveness-of-water#comment-26 <p>Thank you for this insight. Such arrogance is markedly disquieting.</p> Thank you for this insight. Such arrogance is markedly disquieting.

]]> By: The Crack Emcee http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/22/theyre-still-arguing-over-the-effectiveness-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-25 The Crack Emcee Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:22:18 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/22/theyre-still-arguing-over-the-effectiveness-of-water#comment-25 <p>You say homeopathy is "a religion and those gaps must be filled with faith". Why don't you just call it a cult and get it over with? (I've listed all necessary conditions for it being a cult on Orac's blog. Not enough time to do it now,...)</p> <p>Why is that word (cult) so hard for people to say? Or that evidence-based reality so hard to grasp? And, especially, when we know there's this powerful belief system involved:</p> <p>We're dealing with a (very large) "cult".</p> You say homeopathy is “a religion and those gaps must be filled with faith”. Why don’t you just call it a cult and get it over with? (I’ve listed all necessary conditions for it being a cult on Orac’s blog. Not enough time to do it now,…)

Why is that word (cult) so hard for people to say? Or that evidence-based reality so hard to grasp? And, especially, when we know there’s this powerful belief system involved:

We’re dealing with a (very large) “cult”.

]]> By: bothererblog » Homeopathy Links, And A Christianity Sidetrack http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/22/theyre-still-arguing-over-the-effectiveness-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-23 bothererblog » Homeopathy Links, And A Christianity Sidetrack Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:57:17 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/22/theyre-still-arguing-over-the-effectiveness-of-water#comment-23 <p>[...] And this fun critique from Dougal Stanton’s rather broken blog. [...]</p> […] And this fun critique from Dougal Stanton’s rather broken blog. […]

]]> By: Respectful Insolence http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/22/theyre-still-arguing-over-the-effectiveness-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Respectful Insolence Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:16:03 +0000 http://www.dougalstanton.net/blog/index.php/2007/11/22/theyre-still-arguing-over-the-effectiveness-of-water#comment-21 <p><strong>Post-holiday "The stupid, it burns," part 2: Denis MacEoin...</strong></p> <p>I've never been able to understand advocates of homeopathy. I just have difficulty understanding how otherwise intelligent people can fall for the bad science, the logical fallacies, and the magical thinking necessary to believe that homeopathy is any...</p> Post-holiday “The stupid, it burns,” part 2: Denis MacEoin…

I’ve never been able to understand advocates of homeopathy. I just have difficulty understanding how otherwise intelligent people can fall for the bad science, the logical fallacies, and the magical thinking necessary to believe that homeopathy is any…

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