| He calls it “homeopathic energy” and says they’ve invested around $50,000 in it so far. Maybe it's time he gives back the $100,000 and enrolls back in college. For anyone unfamiliar why it's such a red flag that someone voluntarily associates themselves with homepathy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy Homeopathy is a system of alternative medicine originated in 1796 by Samuel Hahnemann, based on his doctrine of similia similibus curentur ("like cures like"), according to which a substance that causes the symptoms of a disease in healthy people will cure similar symptoms in sick people. It is widely considered a pseudoscience. The remedies are prepared by repeatedly diluting a chosen substance in alcohol or distilled water, followed by forceful striking on an elastic body, called succussion.[7] Each dilution followed by succussion is said to increase the remedy's potency. Dilution usually continues well past the point where none of the original substance remains. Basically, if you have a cold: 1. Start with a poison that causes cold symptoms 2. Dilute it with water 3. Repeat diluting it with water until the most sensitive scientific instruments can no longer detect the original substance 4. The water then has an "imprint" or "spirit" of the original substance which will cure the cold |
On the other hand, if this thing works, it surely does so by placebo, but due to the harmful effects of actual caffeine usage, placebo might actually be a major benefit to the consumer.