Huffington Post article--How Homeopathic Medicines Work

This interesting article about homeopathy appears in today's Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-ullman/how-homeopathic-medicines_b_389146.html Homeopathic medicines are potent and curative, but many doctors and scientists dismiss them out of hand--including the A.M.A., which is responsible for sidelining and finally dismissing entirely the homeopathic branch of medicine. Instead of relying on natural substances like homeopathic remedies or herbs, the A.M.A. decided to promote and cast their lot with the more lucrative Big Pharma chemical drugs, surgery, and radiation. We are living with the results of that decision in today's world. The Hippocratic Oath, which contains the words "First, do no harm," has been forgotten, and many beneficial (but inexpensive, non-producing of big revenues) remedies have been shoved aside. Homeopathic remedies work, as proven by results recorded for well over a hundred years. As quoted in the article, noted British physicist Brian Josephson says, "Many scientists today suffer from "pathological disbelief"; that is, they maintain an unscientific attitude that is embodied by the statement 'even if it were true I wouldn't believe it.' Sadly, such scientists are simply showing evidence of an unscientific attitude."

This reminds me of some quotes I have long admired:

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills (figuratively speaking) anybody who has one.
-- Brooks Atkinson, 1894-1984, American theater critic.

There is a principle which is proof against all information, which is proof against all arguments, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance; that principle is contempt, prior to investigation. --Herbert Spencer  I was raised in a tradition of inquiry. If you encounter something that doesn't fit your worldview, it's more intellectually honest to say, 'maybe there's something wrong with this worldview,' than to try to shoehorn your findings into an existing belief.  Sadly, that is quite a different belief system from most scientists these days. --Dr. John Mack, Harvard Medical School