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Science-Based Medicine: A Science Lesson from a Homeopath and Behavioral Optometrist
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really made my day RT @sirtajkang: Outstanding scientific explanation of how homeopathy works. http://bit.ly/tyYgC 5 days ago |
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http://bit.ly/15G4w2 what the f...????? 6 days ago |
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Fallait pas les fumer les granules http://bit.ly/PeVGp #homeopathie 10 days ago |
Physics!
Pharyngula —
Oh, look. A homeopath explains physics to us all.
I'm sorry. Did I break your brain?
Here's a non-homeopathic cure. It takes an hour of Lawrence Krauss to counter 8 minutes of that kind of lunacy, I'm afraid. ...
Homeopathy explained
Pleiotropy —
Dr. Charlene Werner explains physics and homeopathy. She is one of the funniest quacks I have seen in a long time. Watch and squirm. Here's a summary of what she said: Einstein: All the mass in the Universe can fit into the size of a bowling ball, so in fact there is next to no mass in the universe, so E=mc 2 becomes E=c 2 , which is why the vision system is so important, because we have lots of photoreceptors. String theory: Other particles are little strings, so we have both eyes and ears, so we have E=mc 2 , but mass is crossed out almost, and string/vibration. But that still doesn't tell us the whole picture, because what is a cell, right? A cell has ...
A Science Lesson from a Homeopath and Behavioral Optometrist
Science-Based Medicine —
Charlene Werner is getting a lot of attention she probably did not anticipate or desire. She is the star of a YouTube video in which she explains the scientific basis of homeopathy. Before you watch it, make sure you are sitting down, relax, and brace yourself for an onslaught of profound scientific illiteracy combined with stunning arrogance. For those with more delicate constitutions I will give you the quick summary:
Einstein taught us that energy equals matter and light, but because matter can be condensed down to a very small space if you remove all the empty space between the elementary particles (I am paraphrasing to make her ...
Your Friday Dose of Woo (on Wednesday): A homeopath "explains" energy
Respectful Insolence —
Who (or what) is Orac? orac.jpg Orac is the nom de blog of a (not so) humble pseudonymous surgeon/scientist with an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his miscellaneous verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few will. (Continued here ...
A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing
Discovery Space: Twisted Physics —
Just in time for Halloween, we bring you a terrifying pseudoscientific YouTube video, courtesy of a 2007 Wellness Seminar in Bozeman, Montana. (h/t: PZ Myers of Pharyngula -- perhaps you know him by his hip-hop moniker, P-Zeddy.) The woman is attempting to "explain" the "scientific" basis for homeopathy by invoking the name of Albert Einstein, among other luminaries. Her (highly disjointed and rambling) argument appears to boil down to this:
[pseudospeak on] Einstein said that light times mass is energy in his famous equation, E=mc<2>. But how much mass are we, really? Compress all the mass in the universe ...
Rabett Run — My Photo EliRabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair elections from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional. His colleagues are smart, but they have a curious inability to see the holes that they dig for themselves. Prof. Rabett is thankful that they occasionally heed his pointing out the implications of the various enthusiasms that rattle around the department and school. Ms. Rabett is thankful that Prof. Rabett occasionally heeds her pointing out ...
When homeopaths attack medicine and physics
Science-Based Medicine —
I must admit, it is possible that our fearless leader Steve has a more robust constitution than I do. I say this because he actually managed to sit through an entire video full of the most bizarre pseudoscience and mangling of physics and medicine that I’ve seen in quite some time.
And that’s saying a lot.
So, behold, Dr. Charlene Werner, an optometrist (apparently) and a homeopath. I warn you, however. If you have any understanding of physics or chemistry whatsoever or if you’ve ever read (and liked) Stephen Hawking’a A Brief History of Time (or anything else he’s ever written), sit down ...
Bizarre Science Lesson From A Behavioral Optometrist
Better Health —
Charlene Werner is getting a lot of attention she probably did not anticipate or desire. She is the star of a YouTube video in which she explains the scientific basis of homeopathy. Before you watch it, make sure you are sitting down, relax, and brace yourself for an onslaught of profound scientific illiteracy combined with stunning arrogance. For those with more delicate constitutions I will give you the quick summary:
Einstein taught us that energy equals matter and light, but because matter can be condensed down to a very small space if you remove all the empty space between the elementary particles (I am ...
Charlene Werner wants to go hide
Pharyngula —
You all laughed at this video of Charlene Werner explaining the physics of homeopathy.
But did you know that videos like this, where kooks are caught in the act, are endangered? It turns out that kooks don't like it when their words are made public, especially when those words are ...
"Dr." Charlene Werner on Homeopathy
Sandwalk —
"Dr." Charlene Werner on Homeopathy This video illustrates the extreme stupidity of those who believe in homeopathy. The person who posted the video on YouTube recently received the following letter. I thought you would like to know that you will be contacted by Dr Werner's Attorney shortly regarding her video. The posting of this video is in violation of copyright laws. We are aware that you have had this video up since March of '08 however I suggest you delete it immediately. Jayson Patrick This immediately triggers the Streisand Effect . Won't these people ever learn? No, of course not, that's because they are stupid. Watch if you dare. ...
