SPED102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Samuel Hahnemann, Pseudoscience, Acupuncture
8 May 2018
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SPED102 Lecture
Week 10
X: Health Related Pseudoscience
Conventional firefighting
• Based on the western assumption that fire involves a chemical reaction involving the
exchange of electrons between atoms to form new molecules with release of energy
• Rapid oxidisation reaction
• Fire tetrahedron
• Firefighting techniques
• Prevention
• Cooling (water)
• Smothering (water/foam)
• Removing fuel
• Chemical inhibition
Alternative firefighting
• Based on the view western firefighting only treats the symptoms of the fire but not the
underlying cause
• Many different systems of alternative firefighting exist
• Homeopathic firefighting
• Petrol is subject to multiple dilutions in water, increasing its potency
• Uncontrolled pragmatic trials suggest that most fires will self-extinguish within a few
days with only a few drops of homeopathically ‘potentialised’ petrol
• Reiki firefighting
• Fire is caused by distribution of the balance of subtle cosmic energy (undetectable to
science)
• Practitioners approach the fire and move their hands to realign and balance the
cosmos energy, thus extinguishing the fire
Western aeronautics
• Science involved in the design of flying machines
• Based on analysis of the four vector forces that influence flight: thrust, lift, drag and weight
• Includes analysis of aerodynamics stability and control in aircraft design
Alternative aeronautics
• Rejects western reductionist views of flight and takes a more holistic and spiritual viewpoint
• Many different approaches. For example:
• Psychics channel angel vibrations and transfer this energy to common objects,
investing them with flight energy
• Flight characteristics of angels in ancient texts are studied to establish the ideal
parameters of flight
• Transcendental approach where flight can be achieved with deeper mediation
• All natural and chemical free flight designs are being explored
Modern medicine
• Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease
• Vast array of treatments that share core features
• Plausible mechanisms based in science
Alternative medicine
• Alternative medical systems
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