its sad that after years of failures in clinical trials, things like homeopathy are still taken seriously by governments and corporations because of their popularity.

@Neeboopsh
You should have actually watched the video, he blows St. John’s Wart for depression completely out of the water and shows some very impressive research on how one of it’s compounds changes the expression of one particular type of cytochrome and it’s associated cascade and how this change in gene expression can negatively interfere with modern therapies for various ailments that are known to be effective. The science needs be done.

Yeah, i did watch the video. I was saying that we as a society waste time discussing things that havent even passed clinical trials. until something can be shown to have a benefit, it shouldnt get funding from medical insurance agencies (NHS in britain covers homeopathy, etc) I am a fan of the research channel, and they did an expert job yet again

Oh good, I’m glad I merely misunderstood you. It’s a travesty that your nation spends money on that baloney. But hell, it’s not like America is all fuckin’ super-uber-mega-rational. Faith based initiatives, huge opposition to stems cells and abortion; the list is long and preposterous in both our countries. There are stupid people everywhere, their stupid is powerful and their numbers great. We’ve only one weapon: The truth requires not energy to maintain itself.

i love you. also i’m not american =)

nor am i british. i just pulled a british example out because the U.S. is too easy to pick on. its sad that the UK is indulging in the smörgåsbord of magic and superstition, but the worlds leader in science and tech never lets me down USA ! U S A!!

@neeboopsh,

how about you cite some of the evidence of the “years of failures in clinical trials” of homeopathy? don’t waste your time, because there is no such convincing body of evidence of homeopathy failure. you have falling hook, line, and sinker for the mainstream propaganda in this regard.

the fact is, most of these modalities have not failed at all, they simply have not received the funding to be adequately tested. this is why nccam is so important. we need them to fund such research.