Theos-World Re: Randi on The Amazing Bart
Jul 07, 2004 06:54 PM
by stevestubbs
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> wrote:
> stevestubbs wrote:
> > You need to re-do that math. You wrote that too late at night.
>
> OK. You tell me: In a 30C dilution, starting with one mole of
the
> original (say, copper) what is the average number of
atoms/molecules per
> gram in the resulting remedy?
In the first pkace, copper does not dissolve in water, so you must be
thinking of copper sulfate, which does dissolve in water producing
copper and sulfate ions.
Second, suppose you have 10^20 molecules dissolved in 1 liter of
water. Suppose furthermore than you want your patient to drink 1 ml
(1/1000 of a liter) of water. According to my abstruse mathematical
calculations, if the solution is "mixed well" as you say, the
operational definition of that is a uniform distribution of ions in
the solvent. 1 ml would therefore contain 10^17 molecules or twice
that many ions. That is not exactly pure. If you were to dilute
that solution 10^17 times, which I would wager would test the
patience of the most determined homeopath, then you would average 1
molecule or 2 ions per ml. The human body would be able to detect
and decide whether or not to respond to that concentration.
Even if there is something wrong with my reasoning, I am doubtful you
can produce a pure ml of distilled water by mere dilution. Or
distillation, depending on what you are removing. Methyl alcohol has
always been used as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol since the boiling
temperature of the two differs by only three degrees Farenheit. If
anyone is unfamiliar with the moral crusade against drinking, methyl
is undrinkable, ethyl drinkable, so that by mixing ethyl with methyl,
you spoil the fun of anyone who would like to have a tipple using
alcohol created for industrial purposes. Fromt he government's point
of view, this makes it unnecessary to levy a liquor tax on industrial
hooch.
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