recently is putting together a good stir with homeopathy, and no wonder. The mess was set up when she stopped being simply a pseudoscience like others, to end formally implemented in the English university, raising blood blisters among critics, skeptics and scientists. Was the University of Zaragoza which has recently established the Chair of Homeopathy , and whose teachings will be funded by Laboratoires Boiron, obviously dedicated to the development of homeopathic medicines and whose official website no advertise here (you can find it easily). According Newsletter of the University, one of its main goals is to publish the White Paper of homeopathy, was supposed to be something like the Bible in this discipline and a tool to disseminate it in society. Wait for the publication of that book and read it carefully, but do not think there's anything new. The principles on which homeopathy is based are well known. Scientific studies supporting them, however, are nonexistent. Here's the problem. Should we allow a discipline that, to date, has failed overcome the status of pseudoscience (can not even give the "prescience"), are formally taught at the University?
In my view, the problem is not that Homoeopathy is not a science. We all know that university is not scientific and no protest about it (Law, Philology, philosophy, even theology, etc). Are areas of knowledge, society and culture are also of interest. The problem is the intention and, above all, the brazenness with which these people it attempts to science and medicine, something that is neither one nor the other. And I have no personal interest in this, not being in fee collection against the formalization of Homeopathy. Moreover, I'm even open to the possibility that their theories may be true. Of course, I think the least we should demand is proven. And I think the correct order is: first show and then formalize it, not vice versa. It's like I am inventing a theory now, and before showing it, I think the university concerned. "To teach what? "Hypothesis? Today
digital daily 20minutes recorded the statement of Javier Lanuza, Professor of Pharmacology who will lead the department, who claimed that homeopathy "is a social reality it's there ". Yes, it certainly is there, but that is not sufficient criteria to make it a chair. A demand for something, although significant, does not mean you have to make graduate study. By this token, there is also demand for mediums, psychics and witchcraft groups, and we are not going to create the chair of Tarot to investigate the reality of astrological charts. I have the impression that if the tarot had the acceptance that is taking homeopathy, would end up going the same. Make a Chair of Homeopathy seems a very dangerous first step that leaves the door open to chaos. It is assumed that what should be taught University must be serious and rigorous whose veracity is established or is of genuine interest or social benefit, not because there are many people willing to buy pure water at the price of gold under the slogan "it works for me."
scientists, critics and skeptics have responded through their digital media to denounce this issue and explain in detail why homeopathy, at least for now, is not science and even why the principles on which it is based are scientifically very questionable, in addition to not being empirically validated. Serve as an example and summary entry "Why homeopathy is a hoax" ,'s blog Migui science and culture. Even more recently the web has created queeslahomeopatia.com with the firm intention to report in detail on the details of this fraud. Any reader who take some time to review these links, you will see that they are offered scientific arguments to refute the claims homeopaths. What do homeopaths? Do you also offer scientific arguments to prove his theories? No, limited to mourn, shouting or playing the victim of a conspiracy antihomeópata appealing to the reader's feelings, trying to move him to gain his confidence by playing dirty, as we read in this entry titled "Homeopathy and its critics" of ABC Homeopathy. Do not miss the comments. Clearly, if there is no scientific, double-blind experiments and stuff, there are no more resources than the tantrum.
- There is a campaign to collect signatures "by Free University of pseudoscience and obscurantism." You can read and if you're interested, sign the Manifesto here.
- If you have Facebook, you can also join the group interested "homeopathy, the healing power of absence" , where all members news and stuff we collected in follow-up of the subject and / or the more general "Our favorite magufos" .
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