Comments on: "Nothing Acts as Well as FairDeal Homeopathy" http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html Experiments and Thoughts on Quackery, Health Beliefs and Pseudoscience Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html#comment-5768 Tom Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:28:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal-homeopathy.html#comment-5768 "If a case went to court, how could fraudulent homeopathic pills be distinguished scientifically from authentic ones?"<br/><br/>Now THAT would be a court case worth seeing. Count me in for a fiver towards the defence fund... “If a case went to court, how could fraudulent homeopathic pills be distinguished scientifically from authentic ones?”

Now THAT would be a court case worth seeing. Count me in for a fiver towards the defence fund…

]]> By: wewillfixit http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html#comment-5767 wewillfixit Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:08:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal-homeopathy.html#comment-5767 PS and he says they do really send you pills:<br/><br/>http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=3320524&postcount=479 PS and he says they do really send you pills:

http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=3320524&postcount=479

]]> By: wewillfixit http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html#comment-5766 wewillfixit Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:07:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal-homeopathy.html#comment-5766 Partha - according to the person who designed the site, that address was accidentally left there as a placeholder and he forgot to change it:<br/><br/>http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=3318138&postcount=442 Partha – according to the person who designed the site, that address was accidentally left there as a placeholder and he forgot to change it:

http://forums.randi.org/showpost.php?p=3318138&postcount=442

]]> By: jdc324 http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html#comment-5762 jdc324 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:49:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal-homeopathy.html#comment-5762 "If a case went to court, how could fraudulent homeopathic pills be distinguished scientifically from authentic ones?"<br/>Hahaha. Try googling "Chatfield" +"only by the label". David Colquhoun at <br/>http://dcscience.net/?p=196 shows up among the top results. As does Gimpy.<br/>http://gimpyblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/society-of-homeopaths-make-themselves-look-silly/ “If a case went to court, how could fraudulent homeopathic pills be distinguished scientifically from authentic ones?”
Hahaha. Try googling “Chatfield” +”only by the label”. David Colquhoun at
http://dcscience.net/?p=196 shows up among the top results. As does Gimpy.
http://gimpyblog.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/society-of-homeopaths-make-themselves-look-silly/

]]> By: agrippa http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html#comment-5761 agrippa Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:52:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal-homeopathy.html#comment-5761 Everything is explained at<br/>http://www.hyperactive-stage.co.uk/blog/blog_home.asp Everything is explained at
http://www.hyperactive-stage.co.uk/blog/blog_home.asp

]]> By: le canard noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html#comment-5760 le canard noir Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:37:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal-homeopathy.html#comment-5760 Looks like FairDeal can now add an 'endorsement' from the world's leading science journal Nature,<br/><br/>http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2008/01/honesty_in_homeopathy.html Looks like FairDeal can now add an ‘endorsement’ from the world’s leading science journal Nature,

http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2008/01/honesty_in_homeopathy.html

]]> By: Partha http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html#comment-5758 Partha Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:40:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal-homeopathy.html#comment-5758 In case anyone hasn't noticed yet, yes they do have a postal address on the website but it seems to be shared with <a HREF="http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/20/20665/Horseshoe_Inn/Wellingborough" REL="nofollow" rel="nofollow">The Horseshoe Inn</a>. <br/>Looks like it really was too good to be true... In case anyone hasn’t noticed yet, yes they do have a postal address on the website but it seems to be shared with The Horseshoe Inn.
Looks like it really was too good to be true…

]]> By: Nash http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html#comment-5757 Nash Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:21:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal-homeopathy.html#comment-5757 Surely isn't the phrase "fraudulent homeopathic" a prime example of tautology? Surely isn’t the phrase “fraudulent homeopathic” a prime example of tautology?

]]> By: Dr Paul http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html#comment-5756 Dr Paul Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:35:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal-homeopathy.html#comment-5756 Were I to market pills containing nothing but sugar but labelled 'homeopathic', could I be done under the Trades Description Act or similar anti-fraud legislation? <br/><br/>If a case went to court, how could fraudulent homeopathic pills be distinguished scientifically from authentic ones? Were I to market pills containing nothing but sugar but labelled ‘homeopathic’, could I be done under the Trades Description Act or similar anti-fraud legislation?

If a case went to court, how could fraudulent homeopathic pills be distinguished scientifically from authentic ones?

]]> By: Nash http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal.html#comment-5755 Nash Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:46:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2008/01/nothing-acts-as-well-as-fairdeal-homeopathy.html#comment-5755 You can get a 25ml glass bottle with a dropper for 48p<br/><br/>P&P would be approx £1 for a single bottle.<br/><br/>So they are making at least £2.50 per bottle of water. Sell 1000 a month and you are £2500 ahead. You can get a 25ml glass bottle with a dropper for 48p

P&P would be approx £1 for a single bottle.

So they are making at least £2.50 per bottle of water. Sell 1000 a month and you are £2500 ahead.

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