Wikipedia Co-founder Wants to stop homeopathy
After a pharmacy recommends a potentised remedy for his sore throat, Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, vents his thoughts on homeopathy – and his desire to stop it.
Jimmy says:
“..homeopathy is a proven fraud.”
“…makes me ill.”
“Homeopathic remedies of no value whatsoever are legally marketed…”
“Who should I talk to about this in order to encourage the creation of a campaign to stop this? This is not my primary area of interest and so I am not the right person to lead it myself. But I would like to help.”
“It’s a scandal in the modern world”
“We know with full rational certainty that they do not work at all. They are nothing more than placebo sold fraudulently.”
“…the effectiveness of homeopathic remedies, relative to placebos, is 0%. Not effective at all. A useless fraud.”
“This is nothing more than fraud.”
“There have been no properly conducted large scale studies which suggest in the least that homeopathic remedies are any different from sugar water.”
“This is false.”
“Homeopathy does not work at all. It has been shown in an extremely thorough way to be no better than a placebo.”
We think Jimmy clearly demonstrates that speaking your mind sometimes reveals your ignorance … or prejudice. Is this why Wikipedia’s information on homeopathy is so misleading and repeated efforts to correct its inaccuracies are not accepted?
More Information: Homeopathy – Oscillococcinum in particular