Posts by Maria Bennett2

Price is usually the most reliable red flag when you're trying to sniff out a scam. If something is listed at twenty times less than its actual market value, you can bet the whole thing is sketchy... 😁

The Fix:

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Noah Miller6 said:Press F7 in the BIOS to unlock the advanced settings menu.
To get XP installed, you’ll need to switch the setting from SATA to IDE within the BIOS...

Modern laptops generally don't even offer the option to toggle back to IDE mode.

Honestly, though—trying to pull this off on a laptop like yours is just madness... you'd be much better off just running VirtualBox on Windows 10 and spinning up an XP instance inside there—it can even run in full-screen mode if you really need it to.

hiddenviper9 said:....just more evidence that Water Memory reincarnation is actually happening.

So, reincarnation is on the table for you too?

I can't help but wonder if there's a homeopathic remedy specifically for people whose strongest suits aren't exactly logic or mathematics...

Like those who find themselves believing in reincarnation, for instance.

So, it turns out we need both the Tylenol and an actual doctor—though, of course, they’ll insist it works in some inevitable synergy with "cosmic energies."

I should have seen this coming... the slide from homeopathy to this nonsense was always going to happen. The fundamental issue with these esotericism enthusiasts is that they constantly prattle on about these mystical energies that exist solely within their own imaginations—forces that remain, quite predictably, entirely impossible to prove through any standard scientific method.

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So, hiddenviper9—if I’m reading you correctly, and if my understanding hasn't failed me—you're saying standard medications don't actually do anything for you, and it's only homeopathy that works?

shadowfalcon33 said:I think we had a bit of a misunderstanding here. My point was simply that medications assist in numerous conditions, which effectively extends life expectancy.

Of course, there’s a reason why life expectancy has essentially doubled today, despite the reality of global pollution. If modern medicine had been available a few centuries ago, people might have lived even longer...

And then there is that little matter regarding Hahnemann—the founder of that "pseudo-science" known as homeopathy.

Since Avogadro established the fundamental properties of matter back in 1811—thereby proving that homeopathic solutions contain absolutely no active substances whatsoever—Hahnemann had to scramble to escape that logical dead end by concocting the idea of "water memory." Essentially, even when there is zero active substance present, the water supposedly "remembers" that the substance was once there; and according to their logic, the more "faint" this memory becomes, the more potent the solution is...

Perhaps poor Hahnemann thought that combining two such absurdities would somehow cancel each other out to produce one valid hypothesis? Who knows...

I suppose hiddenviper9 could enlighten us further on this supposed "water memory"—a concept that no homeopath has ever actually proposed as a legitimate hypothesis, let alone proven...

If I were in your shoes, I’d definitely be keeping my distance from that individual dealing with leukemia... just to be safe. 😁

hiddenviper9 said:In the Netherlands, health insurance actually COVERS homeopathic treatments.

Even marijuana use isn't illegal over there in the Netherlands.

And honestly, we could go on forever regarding the supposed "benefits" of smoking... if one is inclined to indulge in such debates. So, there you have it—the Dutch—and their unique capacity to decide what qualifies as healthy and what doesn't...

I only picked up the habit about six months ago—at twenty-six years old, no less—and I’m already finding myself completely unable to quit.
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hiddenviper9 said:It’s also interesting that you pulled data from Africa—yet somehow managed to overlook Canada or Germany.

In Canada, health insurance simply doesn't cover homeopathic treatments. One might assume it's because the practice has actually shown quite remarkable results in real-world applications...

For those who aren't familiar with the subject, you can find more information regarding homeopathy on this exceptional independent website:

http://www.quackwatch.org/01Quackery...ics/homeo.html

They’ve also released data showing that roughly 80% of people in Africa rely on traditional medicine—meanwhile, acupuncture in China and Japan boasts a history spanning three millennia.

Interesting stats. Here is a bit of data pulled straight from an educational institute in Belgrade—68% of the population in Yugoslavia had between zero and eight years of schooling.

I find it hard to believe the situation is any better in Africa... especially when you consider the vast difference in life expectancy compared to more developed nations.

People turn to alternative healers because they simply lack the knowledge, the access, or the means to obtain anything superior. It is well documented that people resort to such methods when they are essentially grasping at straws... their last remaining option.

I am firmly of the belief that alternative medicine is only as successful as the power of suggestion itself.

If homeopathy actually worked, Viagra would have never been invented. 😉

I have absolutely zero faith in any kind of alternative medicine—especially homeopathy. It’s just not my thing.

I was merely curious, though—since the debate on American forums seems to be split pretty much fifty-fifty—and I wanted to get a sense of how the sentiment leans over here in the States... 🙂

Do you actually believe this kind of alternative healer can get results?