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ProfessorF
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One would imagine that perhaps the (presumably, from the description) empty bottles didn't make it to sale then?
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:43 am |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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Lol, why would they not sell them? Their active ingredient doesn't work anyway, so it's not as if it's any worse for not containing it. It's not even a secret, they put it in the "doesn't work" section in Boots instead of the "works" section*.
* in some stores labelled Medicines and Alternative (to) Medicines.*
*I added the (to).
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:45 am |
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ProfessorF
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Because, if the product is 'only' water, and the water isn't in the bottle, then there is nothing to sell. If you're prescribing a sugar pill placebo, and the sugar pill isn't in the bottle, you aren't selling anything.
FWIW, I do know someone who's hay fever is only responsive to homeopathy. YMMV, etc. but it works for them. They don't know why, and they don't really care.
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:55 am |
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leeds_manc
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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There's never anything to sell, that's the point.
I know some people whose rooms are only responsive to Feng Shui, ymmv, but it's the only way he can get a positive flow of well-being directed over his bed.
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:59 am |
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JJW009
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I think it was the "activated water" that wasn't going into the bottles. I imagine they still had "normal" water in and would be indistinguishable by any normal lab test. I've seen video footage of a rat's heart cell responding to homoeopathy, which was cool. I've never managed to find the footage again though, so I can't prove I didn't dream it up...
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:18 am |
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ProfessorF
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Except I can show you someone who's hay fever stops after taking medication - a measurable improvement. Unless you have a positive flow of well being measuring device? Other than a Feng Shui consultants bank account?
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:57 am |
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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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Presumably, the placebo effect works for them. Perhaps just increasing their fluid intake generally helps. I can't believe a tiniest fraction of nothing at all diluted by water helps them in any scientifically measurable way.
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:18 am |
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ProfessorF
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And I can't believe upping their fluid intake by 2-3 drops of whatever is the cause. I'll buy a placebo effect, but then wouldn't it be equally effective with some Piriton?
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:37 am |
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HeatherKay
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Definitely seems to be a case here for proper rigorous testing to see what's happening. It's not the diluted water, that's for certain. 
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:42 am |
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leeds_manc
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:19 pm Posts: 5071 Location: Manchester
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"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
- Philip K. [LIFTED]
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:32 pm |
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HeatherKay
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_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:32 pm |
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leeds_manc
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rustybucket
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JFK died on 22nd November 1963 - the same day as Aldous Huxley and CS Lewis. Two of the greatest writers of the twentieth century managed to die on the one day in history that would guarantee them almost no attention at all.
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Amnesia10
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ProfessorF
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Apparently Justin Beiber is signed to Def Jam. What the hell's been going on there?
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