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Think about this for more than one second
and you will realise how retarded it is.
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:05, archived)
You would be replacing them with the same thing.
Why not just not replace them and tell her that you have.
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:06, archived)
oh i know they are already worthless and contain absolutely nothing
But it would be funny to replace them with an indistinguishable placebo, then reveal all to her down the line
(I helped save b3ta! applehead herp derp, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:08, archived)
It would be better for both of you if you explained to her how medicine worked.

(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:15, archived)
Sister: "I had a stomach ache, and was feeling fatigued and took such and such a homeopathic remedy and felt much better afterwards. Ergo it works"
Me: "No you didn't. I replaced your such and such homeopathic remedy with pure sugar pills a week ago. What you took was a placebo. Ergo homeopathy doesn't work"

Sister: "Oh. What a fool i've been. Thanks for enlightening me with this marvellous ruse"
(I helped save b3ta! applehead herp derp, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:18, archived)
If she really believed in homeopathy she could argue that by redcing the chance of an active ingredient you have actually made the medicine stronger ;)

(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:20, archived)
But she would claim they're different things.
This might be a good way to show her that the placebo effect is much more powerful than homeopathy
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:08, archived)
^ this!

(I helped save b3ta! applehead herp derp, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:09, archived)
She would be wrong to claim that.

(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:14, archived)
She would be
But this is about shattering her belief in homeopathy with some proof
(I helped save b3ta! applehead herp derp, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:15, archived)
Yes.
And doing something like this might show her that.
If she's taking the stuff, she probably wouldn't listen to the 'it's just sugar' argument
(I helped save b3ta! my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:16, archived)
The magical homeopathic medicine could have rubbed off on the sugar pills.

(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Sun 17 May 2009, 19:23, archived)