We live in a linear world.  It is very hard for us to understand a geometric scale.  Homeopathy uses the power of ten to tell you how “strong” a solution is.  In the delusional world of Homeopathy the more dilute the stronger it is.

I will try to explain how big these dilutions are.

The Basics.  1x is one drop in 10.  2x is one drop in 100.  Add another 0 for each additional “x”

Homeopathy will also use C (for 100) and 1c is one drop in 100. 2c is one drop in 10,000.  Add 2 00′s for each additional “c”.

We will start with 1 drop of milk.  One drop of milk is .05ml of liquid.  At this time it is 100% milk.  The numbers below are approximate and nicely illustrate the concept.

With one dilution in water it will be 1x or 10% milk.

2x = One drop of milk in a teaspoon full of water – 1% milk.

5x = One drop in a gallon of water about .001% milk.

8x = One drop in a 15′ foot pool that is 4 feet deep.  0.000001% milk

10x = One drop in an Olympic size pool.

20x = One drop in Lake Michigan.

23x = This is Avogadro’s Constant.  At this point the odds are that there is not even one molecule of milk left.

24x = One drop in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans – Combined!

50x = One drop in the volume of the earth.

80x = One drop in the volume of the universe.

400x = The dilution of duck liver in the popular flu treatment of Oscillococcinum.  Remember 400x is not 5 times for dilute than the 80x above.  You need to add 320 additional 0′s.  It would look like this.  1 drop of duck liver in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000 drops of water!

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