This is clearly ten kinds of bullshit.

I was going to discuss all the nutty shit that used to pass for science in the Soviet Union, and I'm guessing still goes on over there. But then I remembered that we here in the U.S. are still pretty retarded. The Pentagon's classified budget includes untold millions for "antimatter weapons, psychics and telepathy, [and] a "nuclear hand grenade" that may cost billions and seems certain to fail." The National Institutes of Health has a center dedicated to "complementary and alternative medicine," which seems to promote every bit of pseudo-science churned out by half-wits.

Homeopathy is my favorite bit of this nonsense. One of the kooky ideas behind homeopathy is the Law of Infinitesimals (note the misuse of the word "law"), the hypothesis that the smaller the concentration of a drug, the greater the effect. As a result, many homeopathic "cures" are extremely diluted. Some medicines are so diluted that in order to ensure getting one molecule of the effective ingredient, you would need to take a dose larger than the known universe.

The best thing you can say about homeopathy is that at least the water or sugar pills you're taking won't kill you. Unfortunately, people die because they forego real treatment. And god knows how much money we waste on research grants for this crap. This is money better spent fixing rich men's horses.