Not related to tech at all, but something worth supporting I feel. Let’s make 2010 the year that all this medieval nonsense gets swept away for good. As the 10:23 website says:
“Homeopathy is an unscientific and absurd pseudoscience, yet it persists today as an accepted complementary medicine.
Ask many people what they think homeopathy is and you’ll be told “it’s herbal medicine” or “it’s all-natural”. Few realise that it’s been proven not to work; even fewer know it involves substances so dilute that there’s nothing left in them. Homeopathy takes advantage of this uncertainty to sit alongside real, proven medicines on the shelves of our major pharmacies.
The 10:23 campaign aims to raise awareness of the reality of homeopathy. We will tell you how it can be proven not to work, why homeopath’s claims are impossible and give patients the right information to allow them to make an informed decision on their healthcare.”
So, toddle over to the 10:23 website and sign their petition to Boots asking them to stop stocking homeopathic “remedies” alongside proper medicines.
You could also watch this fantastic sketch by David Mitchell and Robert Webb – Homeopathic A&E… Brilliant!