Monthly Archives: June 2010

A Hypothesis on Homeopathy, Part 2

Posted on June 14, 2010 by

0. Preliminaries: From this post on, we begin to engage in the hypothesis—if not that, at least the topics prerequisite to understanding it. The hypothesis can be stated simply, but we will have to first clarify the terms being used … Continue reading →

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A Hypothesis on Homeopathy, Part 1

Posted on June 10, 2010 by

Introduction: Words used by skeptics and many physical scientists in describing homeopathy have always included terms such as quackery; the latest addition to this set is:“witch-craft.” Any success obtained in the clinical practice of homeopathy has been either dismissed or … Continue reading →

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Mohr’s Circle—When Was the Last Time You Used It in Your Professional Engineering Work?

Posted on June 3, 2010 by

As a consultant in computational mechanics, I currently help write some FEM-related code, and while doing this job, an episode from a recent past came to my mind. Let me go right on to the technical issue, keeping aside the … Continue reading →

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A Comment on Homeopathy

Posted on June 3, 2010 by

Today, I read a post on homeopathy written by Girish Shahane here [^], and then also wrote a comment in his blog. The comment actually began as a short writeup of a few lines but soon expanded enough to be … Continue reading →

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A Comment Perhaps Censored at Atanu Dey’s Blog: Deeshaa.org

Posted on June 3, 2010 by

Today I wrote a comment at the following thread on Atanu Dey’s blog: [^]. Actually, it was not a comment to his write up as such, but a clarification to some discussion in the comments following it. I have no … Continue reading →

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