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Evan Bernstein

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1632 total appearances

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

How could this possibly?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Well, there's a memory involved.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

You see, it remembers.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Even though it got diluted out of existence of all traces of the original material that made you sick in the first place, it retains a sort of memory once it gets dissolved.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

200 years ago he had the added advantage steve of it being a time where if you did go see a doctor they would let your blood out or drill holes in you or give you a bunch of stuff that would probably kill you so if all you were taking was basically water or nothing and you got better on your own which is probably a better chance you had than if you maybe saw the doctor you would think there would be some validity to a concoction or a tincture like this

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

But there's no plausibility whatsoever to this being legitimate.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

It has no place in science.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

It just is pure fantasy.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

It's magic.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

It's magical thinking.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

You see, but apparently what this bill is about, it's about Americans having a right to manage their own health and choose treatments that are right for them, including homeopathic methods, says Senator Lee, who also says the current federal regulatory framework is designed around traditional pharmaceuticals, but it's ill-equipped to review the safety and effectiveness of homeopathic products.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Which is bullshit.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Absolute bullshit.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Yeah.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

They don't like the outcome.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

Plus, what they don't address at all in the bill – and you can read the bill.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

It's only a 12-page bill.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1092 - Jun 13 2026

There's actually not much to it here – is that people who choose to go down this path of homeopathy to relieve themselves of their symptoms or whatever, or for their children or anything, they're delaying actual medical care that could work.