07 Oct Homeopathy’s Law of Infinitesimals – a two-way street?

This clever three-panel from Tracey Moody (“The Moody Atheist“) has been making the rounds on Twitter and Facebook:

Most Contrarian readers will get the joke, although some commenters on FB and Twitter did not. The usual explanation is that homeopathic “remedies” are so highly diluted in water, they contain only minuscule quantities of the “active” ingredient—thus, payment in the form of a dollar-bill snippet.

In fact, homeopathic “remedies” are so highly diluted, they contain absolutely none of the “active” ingredient—not a single molecule. (See: Avogadro’s number.) But without a single molecule, the joke wouldn’t work, so we’re happy to allow Ms. Moody some comedic license. She has a great blog, by the way.

H/T: Peter Kavanagh