Does Homeopathy works? If not then why people use it ?

Question

My dad has done MSc in Analytical Chemistry he is well educated and a wise man, Me/My Family and Even some doctors cannot debunk his trust on Homeopathy
I want some clever and factual explanations which I will forward to him

Thanks in advance

In: Biology

Answer 1

Here’s what homeopathy says:

* Take some Thing. Dissolve it in water so it’s 99% water, 1% Thing.
* Bang on the container. Homeopathy says that this teaches the water to be like the Thing.
* Dilute it again so that it’s now 99.9% water, 0.1% Thing.
* Bang on the container again.
* Dilute it again so that it’s 99.99% water, 0.01% Thing.
* Bang on the container again.
* Dilute is again so that it’s 99.999% water, 0.001% Thing.
* Bang on the container again.
* Repeat, repeat, repeat until you have 99.999999999% water and 0.000000001% Thing. You’ve now made a “10C” homeopathic product, and homeopathy says that this makes the Thing much stronger than it was to begin with, and all the water has learned to be just like the Thing.

Now find someone who thinks that *any part of that* makes sense, and sell them your 99.999999999% water at a super-premium price.