The Homeopathy Delusion

I have had discussions about homeopathy with a lot of people in the past. Perhaps some of you here too. So perhaps there is nothing new here. Still, two articles on the amazing Yahoo India columns this week are worth reading. The first one by Girish Shahane says everything that needs to be said, and then changes everything in the final paragraph, like a good (even bad) Shyamalan movie. Read it here.

Amit Varma then posted his own views yesterday - and I'm sure it is that last paragraph of Shahane's article that made him do it. He has done this before on his blog, but this one has a nice collection of links that make it a worthwhile read. Here.

Where do I stand? Almost firmly behind Amit. I actually even somewhat agree with the last paragraph of Amit's article, except that I perhaps often lack his restraint. That is probably an effect of reading too much Dawkins (the title of this post says as much). Or perhaps it is the effect of not meeting many people who don't go out of their way to try and explain their faith and prove that it IS the truth, not just that it has its advantages. Then again, perhaps the advantages work only when you treat it as a truth. well... perhaps the thing to blame is not the faith itself, but the instinctual need to spread it around too. After all, that is why I am posting this in the first place....