On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 01:08:44PM -0500, David J Patrick wrote

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You might want to read "Voodoo Science" by Dr. Robert Park or "A Demon Haunted World", by Carl Sagan for further info.

I think the practice you are slagging is actually "homeopathy". Yes, microdoses sound downright improbable, but I have to say that I have seen it used successfully countless times over the last 30 years. Just because we don't understand something doesn't always mean it's bogus.

OK, here's a scientifically verifiable experiment. Equipment ========= - 1 eye-dropper - 1 stirring rod - 2 shot glasses - 2 1-imperial-gallon glass containers - pour 1 imperial gallon of distilled water into 1 of the containers. - pour 6 26-ers of 100-proof whisky into the 2nd container. - take eye-dropper, grab 1 drop from the whisky container, and deposit it into the distilled water - stir the distilled water, and 1 drop of whisky, thoroughly Now comes the fun part. I'll drink 1 shot-glass of the distilled water, with very dilute whisky. You drink 1 shot-glass of the 100-proof whiskey. Repeat every 30 seconds. Last one standing wins. Since you're convinced that micro-doses are supposed to be so much more powerful, you'll surely take me up on the bet. And after you win the challenge, your next logical step will be to lobby to get the current alcohol tests for drunk-driving reversed, because the weaker the dosage, the stronger the effect. -- Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> Email users are divided into two classes; 1) Those who have effective spam-blocking 2) Those who wish they did -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml