Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00111)

--- 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.