tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post7073079312498894941..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Feeling the burnGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-81004477714429311952016-09-01T04:55:26.262-07:002016-09-01T04:55:26.262-07:00There's this stuff you use on babies to help t...There's this stuff you use on babies to help them when they are teething. My wife and I, at wits end with our second child, tried it and it worked. Now, I'm 100% certain it wasn't the homeopathy that was helping, but something about the solution that did the trick. Maybe it was an "inactive" ingredient, maybe it was the consistency of the solution, maybe it was something in the non-recyclable plastic administering tube, maybe it was the temperature of the liquid, I really couldn't say because we didn't run an experiment. Which is I guess the point (which I'll finally get to). When you're under fire you're not really concerned with the caliber of the bullets, you just want the shooting to stop. In other words, desperate people will try anything, and so long as they're getting what they want in the end they will ask very few questions. Naturally, when it doesn't work out they'll start to wonder what happened and look for any reason that doesn't involve them to explain it (because being wrong doesn't feel as good). Andrew Buttershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18129116283463309554noreply@blogger.com