Recently, someone sent me the link to the video below in which Dr Charlene Werner explains how homeopathy works.
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Luckily, I did do some chemistry at school so I know what H2O is and I have heard of Einstein so I was able to follow her in depth analysis.
I sometimes think it ought to be a criminal offence to spout this sort of twaddle but then I remember the right to freedom of speech, and relent. Fortunately the boys at Summer Fields will be armed with enough scientific understanding to dismiss her bogus claims.
- They will not confuse the concepts of mass and volume.
- They won’t have heard of Stephen Hawkings but…
- They may have heard of Stephen Hawking and might even know that he did not develop String Theory, which was born of work by a great many scientists in the 60s and 70s.
- They will know not to be swayed by an argument merely on the basis that the word Einstein appears in it.
They may know enough about animal cells (that they don’t have a cell wall for example) that they will be highly sceptical of the idea that distilled water sprinkled on sugar pills can balance their energy and thus cure disease. If they have read this blog enough they may even know about confirmation bias and regression to the mean. They will also know that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
And finally, I desperately hope that they will be able to think critically and form their own opinions based upon evidence and reason.
Questions…
- What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
- Suggest a good definition for energy.
- What is the standard unit of mass?
- What is the standard unit of volume?
- Explain the difference between mass and volume?
- What is the speed of light in m/s?
- What two physical process are required to produce distilled water from sea water?
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