Skeptics always approach homeopathy with prejudiced mind. They always ““start from the premise that homeopathy cannot work”. Reason? They fear “if those THEORIES about homeopathy is correct, much of physics, chemistry, and pharmacology must be incorrect”!
I would have strongly supported their argument if they put this issue in a different way. They should have argued said ‘theories of homeopathy cannot work’ since they do not agree with modern scientific knowledge. They should not say homeopathic cure is impossible, only due to the reason that theories currently used to explain those homeopathic cures are unscientific. Cure is an objective phenomenon. All phenomena of nature are objective, and theories we formulate about those phenomena are subjective explanations we provide for them based on our knowledge and understanding. Objective phenomena will work even if the theories we formulated to explain them are wrong!
For example, gravitation is an objective phenomenon of nature. It has been working in this universe, much before anybody made theories about gravity, or even first human being evolved in this universe. Gravitation will continue to work, whatever way we understand it or explain it. It is not “theory of gravitation” that works. Theories are only. Earth was going around sun even when we thought it was sun that revolves around earth. Electricity was working here even before we knew such a phenomenon exist. Theories do not make any fundamental change in the way how objective phenomena of nature work. Same time, if we could correctly understand how natural phenomena work, and formulate correct theories about them, it will surely help us utilize the phenomena for the betterment of our lives.
I do agree, most of those existing THEORIES about homeopathy are utter nonsense that do not agree with existing scientific knowledge! But ‘theories’ about homeopathy being wrong or unscientific does not mean homeopathy as such is wrong, since homeopathic cure is an objective natural phenomenon.
If theories going round about homeopathy are found not to agree with ‘physics, chemistry, and pharmacology’, those wrong theories could be modified or even discarded, and new ones evolved. It is not right to “start from the premise that homeopathy cannot work” only because its theories are wrong, but should see with open eyes whether it OBJECTIVELY works or not.
If it works, we can inquire ‘how it works’, and make scientifically viable theories to explain it. That is genuine ‘scientific method’.
Our learned skeptic friends should know, there are many unexplained and wrongly explained phenomena still existing around us. If they are objective TRUTH, they will be gradually proved and rightly explained in due course.
Many things which are proven and obvious today were unexplained ‘riddles’ in yesterdays. We now know many things that our forefathers did not know!
REDEFINING HOMEOPATHY 