Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds ~ with Melanie Trecek-King

[@cyberiad]

Entertaining and a great refresher. Thanks!

[@solarionispirit2117]

Many people have helped by homeopathy. This is also a fact which does not change your mind. So your statement is true.

[@502Conversations]

A person's personal truth is not necessarily a fact. So while someone's personal truth may be that they believe they have been helped by homeopathy, their personal truth is not evidence that homeopathy is in fact effective and helpful. Melanie Tecek-King didn't deny the possibility that it's a fact that people believe they have been helped. However, she is correct that it is a fact that when tested under proper conditions, homeopathy is not effective and is the placebo effect, if anything. By design/description there are no active ingredients in homeopathy, so by design it can't work. There is nothing in it to work, and as such there is nothing in it to help people. CAVEAT: At least by design there should be nothing in homeopathy products except water or chalk. Unfortunately, I think sometimes there are dangerous and harmful ingredients (at least in the U.S.) that can cause harm.

[@VaughanMcCue]

Many people respond positively to inert placebos in medical trials, so one could say administering nothing or a homeopathic dose of nothing could certainly work. My GP has a headpiece of feathers and a tin whistle, which appears helpful for some people. Naturally, a lucky rabbit's foot (not for that rabbit) on the door handle assists the non-superstitious and sceptics in taking the doctor seriously.

[@thoughtsuponatime847]

Street Epistemology brought me here.

[@davidpicard5376]

Russell Brand will not approve. This is refreshing but it'll wipe out a considerable number of KZbin channels.

[@VaughanMcCue]

At least the Tooth Fairy didn't get a spanking.

[@VaughanMcCue]

The old lead-in-fuel dude didn't need to run his lecture, as it was 100 seconds long when it could have been 30; wasted time.