The phenomenon of "water memory" was proposed to explain homeopathic remedies, which basically postulate that somehow diluting a substance until it is essentially non-existent in the solvent (think a drop of kool-aid in the Pacific Ocean) creates an effective treatment. While I don't usually delve into pseudo-sciences, this real life account made me giggle and it involves a legitimate and respected scientific journal, so I had to comic-ise it.
The respected, peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature published this paper in June 1988. While I paraphrased, the fact is they published an editorial with the report to voice their concerns.
Interestingly, a different team repeated the experiment (as is practice among the scientific community, especially when facing questionable data), and their study confirmed the previous findings. However, when it was modified to be a carefully controlled, double-blind study, it contradicted the results. The team concluded that the previous experiments showed nothing more than a placebo effect. It is highly likely that homeopathic medicine is entirely placebo based. However, positive thinking is pretty powerful, in my opinion. Not powerful enough to cast aside traditional medicine, but you should have a little faith with your aspirin. ;)
And water is good for you too. A lot of headaches and skin problems are caused by dehydration. Don't bother trying to super-dilute things in your water. Just drink to your health.
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