Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Pierre-Marie Robitaille Is Clueless (Sky Scholar Debunked)" video.

  1. I went to an open mic night and some older dude got up and read a 10-minute speech about homeopathy. At first I wasn’t sure to what to make of it. Was this going to be some kind of Norm MacDonald shaggy dog story? Was this conceptual art? I was on the edge of my seat waiting for the punchline or story twist. But no. It was just his story of his experiences with homeopathy, how it cured him of something, and the “science” behind it. I was fascinated. I had to talk to this fellow. He seemed well spoken and educated. I was dying to know how, HOW, how a molecule or particle could imprint itself on water, and how water could have memory. Never mind how this imprinting and memory had any curative powers. I just wanted to understand what he thought the underlying mechanisms were. First of all, his credentials: he was a computer scientist. Well, actually more of a computer engineer. Well actually, he was a computer programmer who self-styled himself as an engineer and (why not?) a scientist. And the man had very little understanding of basic chemistry. I didn’t seek to humiliate him (and he didn’t seem humiliated when he walked away). I merely asked him questions about water molecules. Near as I can tell, he had a very idiosyncratic understanding of the Bohr model, and he used “quantum physics” to explain how a non-water molecule could impart a “memory” on a water molecule’s electron cloud. I said, “So you’re using homeopathy to program water at the subatomic level”, and he clapped me on the shoulder and said, “Now you’re getting it!” It was at this point that a friend (my ride to the open mic as it happens) called for me, and I was able to extricate myself from a lengthy water programming lesson. Not all pseudoscientists are grifters, unless they’re just grifting themselves. This guy wasn’t trying to make money, he just wanted someone to listen to his ideas that were based on his lack of scientific understanding. I got the feeling he was a lonely guy who had hit upon an idea that he couldn’t let go of, but since he hadn’t really grasped chemistry or physics, he didn’t know how test his ideas (other than mixing infinitesimal amounts of things with water and seeing if they worked.)
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