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This is the Conversation Forum for Homeopathy - a Sceptical View << Reading List quacks >> Subject: An amusing experiment Posted Mar 18, 2003 by Captain Kebab   Posting 1 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! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: An amusing experiment Posted Mar 18, 2003 by NAITA (Join ViTAL - A1014625) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 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. Subject: An amusing experiment Posted Mar 18, 2003 by Gladly, the cross-eyed bear This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 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....... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: An amusing experiment Posted Mar 18, 2003 by Son of Roj Blake - Greetings Donkey Kong! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 Excellent! H. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: whoo hoo! Posted Mar 19, 2003 by Farlander This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 woo hoo! this made HEADLINES! <takes time off to get inebriated > 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! Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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