Homeopathy - The 'science-defying strawberry milkshake' analogy

A lot of people are confused about the 'science' called Homeopathy. Despite the fact that over 200 years of testing has resulted in multiple government health bodies (even arch enemies Russia and USA concur) declaring emphatically that homeopathy has no scientific value and endangers people, so many opt for it as a form of remedy.

They are not aware that the principles of homeopathy - 'water memory' and 'succussion' - contradict the very laws of physics, chemistry and biology. It may seem tough for you to understand when we talk in terms of microscopic organisms so kindly allow me to simplify this pseudoscience for you with my 'strawberry milkshake' analogy.

1. This is a glass of strawberry milkshake.

A glass of strawberry milkshake is sweet. Remember that fact. It will be relevant later.

2. Pour, Wash, Shake x 1000 times

Now I'm going to pour it all out and fill the glass with water, shake it nicely and then pour the water out. And then I am going to fill it again with water. Shake it. Pour it out. Fill it again with water. Shake it. Pour it out. I will do this a few thousand times.

A FEW THOUSAND TIMES, I repeat.

3. Your Glass of Water is now A Super-strong Strawberry Milkshake

Now I will serve you the final glass of water. And I claim that it is really potent strawberry milkshake.

You tell me that it is not... that this is just a glass of water. I tell you you are wrong.

3.5 - My Reasoning

You see the water in the glass has its own memory.
This hundredth dilution remembers what the first dilution said the milkshake tasted like. The last few drops of the first batch of water which were clinging on to the glass passed on the memory to the next batch of water which in turn passed it on to the next batch of water which in turn... well, you understand.

You don't understand? Okay, let me make you believe by showing you its history. You see, this is an ancient INTERNATIONAL recipe that has been around for more than two centuries. Yes, I agree that even in this day and age where we can see the mitochondria inside a cell in action, we have still have not proven in 200 years that the drop of water 'remembers'.

Yes, I also agree that scientists all over the world have proven the opposite in repeated studies - that it is not strawberry shake I am serving. Allow me to be absolutely clear - repeated unbiased double-blind studies conducted in dozens of countries have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the known laws of physics and chemistry do not change just for my glass of water. That the 1000 times washed glass does not contain any trace of strawberry milkshake.

But I believe. In fact, I will go a step further. I believe that the more diluted I made it, the stronger the effect of the milkshake became. Diluting it to a billionth degree of itself makes it more 'strawberry-ry' than diluting it to just a hundredth.

Who needs controlled studies across the world in scientific labs when I have the power of anecdotal evidence on my side? I have an aunt whose neighbor confirms that the strawberry milkshake does exactly what it was supposed to do (Oh, I'm getting to that and it's even juicier... no pun intended.)

4. Pour this 'thousand times washed' water on some cornflakes

Before that, let me just explain that there is a special way to serve it to ensure it works. I take some cornflakes and I pour a few drops of the last glass of water on to it. Then I wait for even those drops to evaporate. Now, I want you to take two flakes of corn twice daily for a hundred days.

5. Eating the cornflakes will make strawberry milkshakes taste like fiery chillies 

And here's the coup de grace I was telling you about... are you ready for it?

Ingesting this evaporated, billionth-degree diluted drop of strawberry milkshake will act on your sweet-favoring senses and 'fix' those sweet senses.
We have treated using the 'like for like' policy. 

From now on, if you ever come in contact with a strawberry milkshake, it will taste like Andhra's legendary fiery Guntur Sannam chilly to you.

Do you believe me?
If you do, I also own a Taj Mahal in the planet Uranus I would like to sell you.

Authors note -

There is a reason why even the open-minded National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) states that "there is little evidence to support homeopathy as an effective treatment for any specific condition."

Stuff like:

1. 'water having memory', 
2. 'succussion / vigorous shaking', 
3. 'dilution increases potency' & 
4. 'like cures like' are the foundation stones of the alternative 'science' called homeopathy. 

It would be hilarious under normal circumstances - I could open a homeopathic alcoholic bar and keep serving you water in extremely well-washed glasses and charge you extra for potent vodka, could I not? 

Unfortunately, what is not funny is that everyday, thousands of sick patients do get harmed by these 'corn flakes' because it delays treatment of their disease till it is too late and significant damage has occurred. There is a reason homeopathy has not been proven even after two centuries of studies. There is a reason it is banned in all major countries that focus on healthcare.

Homeopathy does not bend any laws of science.
It simply does not work.