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> homeopathy does get people the placebo effect and that's "A Good Thing" (tm).

No. Much like teaching religious stories as if they were the truth doesn't do us any favors. "So what there is no evidence it works? It worked for me." and then you have to undo the damage to what could have been a rational person.



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