[Omeo33] Art 1065 - JACM, 2009, 15 (11), 1247-1254

[Gino Santini]

Falling Trees, Fractals, and Sophistry: Some Philosophical  
“Biohazards” En Route to Reconciling Biomedicine and Homeopathy
Lionel R. Milgrom

Introduction: Reconciling biomedical science and homeopathy might  
usefully begin by examining their various observational stances. This  
depends significantly on preconceptions about the nature of reality  
(e.g., whether it exists externally, independent of observers, or  
whether it is to some extent correlated nondeterministically with  
observation).
ethods: Based on known observables, a rudimentary fractal model of the  
universe is proposed consisting of a series of self-similar integrated  
levels of reality, or “wholes” contained one within another like a set  
of Russian dolls. This model suggests possible contextualization of  
homeopathy and biomedicine's observational stances.
Results: The fractal model bears compelling similarities to the  
ancient Hermetic tradition encapsulated in the phrase, “As above; so  
below.” In the context of this model, homeopathy's observational  
stance includes a multidimensional range of symptoms from across  
several “levels of wholeness.” In contrast, biomedicine's stance  
corresponds to exclusive observation of separate symptoms, each  
originating from one physical level of reality.
Conclusions: Pragmatic reconciliation of these two viewpoints is  
possible if it is realized that they are not contradictory but  
complementary; that each has its place in the therapeutic scheme of  
things, and that it should be possible to move freely between each  
type of observational stance as the patient's circumstances dictate.

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