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Comment author: David_Gerard 15 December 2010 05:07:26PM -1 points [-]

Would we have to topple all of science to acknowledge homeopathy?

Large chunks of it. You'd need to overturn pretty much all of chemistry and molecular biology, and I think physics would be severely affected too.

The reasons for homeopathy retaining popularity are in the realm of psychology.