Comments on: Homeopath Benneth Jumps the Shark

By: stardoc

stardoc — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:23:32 +0000

Dr. Steve, you should send Mr. Benneth a single strand of your hair. Fortunate man that you are, you can afford it, and Benneth clearly needs it. He could powder the strand, dissolve some portion of it in water, and then dilute the solution a few billion fold.
Mr. Benneth could then imbibe a sip of the resultant dihydrogen oxide and and presumably cure himself of the extremely toxic reaction which seems to overwhelm him at the mere mention of your name.
You would also put the placebo effect to a severe test: If Mr. Benneth failed to improve would that not amount to yet another failure of homeopathy?

By: NotintheMood

NotintheMood — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:25:55 +0000

I always wonder . . .if Homeopaths believe that water has memory and dilution makes it stronger, that you have to agitate the water in order to make it work . . . What do they think happens when you flush the toliet?

By: Calli Arcale

Calli Arcale — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:04:23 +0000

Well, I thought it was funny, Eternally Learning. No disrespect towards the University of Bologna, and all, but homeopathy is certainly baloney.

By: tmac57

tmac57 — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:33:20 +0000

ET- I guess your “Bologna Detector” has a hair trigger.

By: Eternally Learning

Eternally Learning — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:33:44 +0000

@CommiusRex

Ok, so only 330 million people would conceivably find that funny as well? I guess I can take that. I certainly meant no disrespect, but I just wasn’t expecting that, and it caught me off guard almost as if he had said that the studies were done at the University of Rubbish. I might also point out that he pronounced it like the meat and not the way I understand it to be pronounced in its native tongue, not to mention the fact that I acknowledged in my comment that I knew I was being childish.

By: Calli Arcale

Calli Arcale — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:17:30 +0000

It is unfortunate for such a fine institution to arouse hilarity when its name is heard by unsuspecting Americans and Canadians, but sadly, inevitable.

For the sake of readers outside this continent, “baloney” is another word for the meat product known as bologna, which in turn gets its name from the city of Bologna. In certain parts of the word, “baloney” is also a colloquial term for nonsense.

So while I would not expect to see a fine institution such as the University of Bologna supporting homeopathy, it would seem quite fitting were a fictitious University of Baloney to do so.

By: CommiusRex

CommiusRex — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:52:57 +0000

@ Eternally Learning

Not to detract from your main point, but the University of Bologna dates back to 1088 and is the oldest extant university in the world. It’s a shame if such a venerable seat of learning is being perverted by quacks. No-one outside of North America would find anything amusing in the name Bologna, by the way…

By: Eternally Learning

Eternally Learning — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:15:35 +0000

Two things stuck out at me about this article; first, he states that medical mal-practice is what is the 3rd highest cause of death in the USA. This, to me at any rate, is just laughable. “MAL –Practice,” not “Practice.” The “Mal” part means bad, as in not performing medicine in the proper manner. Second, am I the only person who almost Sh** themselves when he said that studies were done at the university of Bologna? I know it’s awfully childish of me, but I couldn’t help myself!

By: therling

therling — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:32:11 +0000

I’d like to laugh at Benneth, but I find it’s actually quite sad and disturbing to see a man who clearly is in need of professional mental help. I can’t imagine anyone would want to be treated for any medical condition by a person who conducts himself in such a manner.

Benneth has clearly libeled Dr. Novella. However, were he to be sued for this it would likely only add to his feelings of persecution and allow him to play the martyr.

By: Bronze Dog

Bronze Dog — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:04:06 +0000

And here I was, about to make a joke about wanting Henry Killinger’s Magic Murder Bag, but I read the link and feel both out-geeked and out-humaned.