The data in the two tables correspond to the y-coordinate (in tenths
of millimeter) of the points in Fig 3a and Fig 3c in Hirst et al., where, as
stated therein, each point is the mean of the triplicate determinations in a
single experiment. The points were measured by me using a rule. The accuracy
of my measurements (or lack thereof) can be verified by anyone with some
goodwill and a rule. My measurement endeavour was triggered by the adamant
refusal of Hirst et al. to make their raw data available to public scrutiny. A
millimeter corresponds approximately to 0,41 percentage points, hence the
formula: mean average degranulation = sum(height of single points)/(5*4,1)
and sum(height of single points)/(3*4,1) for high dilutions and succussed
buffer respectively. The reader can decide whether the data, as plotted
herewith, provide supporting evidence for Jacques Benveniste`s claims on
"waves caused by extreme dilution". A T-test (average) on
the two unaveraged distributions yields a value of 0,000119 while an an
F-test (variation) yields a value of 0,00000000232 , reflecting the fact
that, as already revealed by the t- and p-values in Hirst et al., the
difference in variation are even more striking than those in average.The most
unexpected feature of the plot is the apparent periodicity in basophils
degranulation in the succussed buffer. Such an effect may well be an optical
fluke or whatever. If the effect is real however, then periodicity may be an
intrinsic property of basophil degranulation, while highly diluted treatments
increase variation and average degranulation. The time structure of
measurements (i.e. basophil counts), , which has never been considered in the
experimental setting, may be crucial: basophils may always subsist as an
oscillating superposition between degranulating and non-degranulating state,
along the lines proposed in my high-dilutions quantum model (i.e. me, see
http://www.weirdtech.com/sci/feynman.html). Highly diluted treatments may
just boost the amplitude of the degranulating state as revealed by increased
variation and mean. |
|
Data from Fig. 3a of Hirst et al.
Log10 Dilution factor |
12 |
14 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
22 |
24 |
26 |
30 |
32 |
34 |
36 |
38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
46 |
48 |
50 |
52 |
54 |
56 |
58 |
60 |
|
40 |
47 |
68 |
105 |
68 |
65 |
104 |
58 |
118 |
140 |
54 |
56 |
105 |
112 |
137 |
91 |
61 |
100 |
68 |
118 |
125 |
120 |
130 |
145 |
|
23 |
29 |
27 |
30 |
42 |
47 |
59 |
43 |
9 |
-19 |
45 |
35 |
53 |
41 |
-3 |
57 |
36 |
52 |
43 |
95 |
109 |
30 |
120 |
133 |
|
5 |
13 |
11 |
19 |
35 |
43 |
8 |
36 |
-10 |
-45 |
-30 |
10 |
12 |
-7 |
-24 |
4 |
22 |
37 |
35 |
88 |
45 |
12 |
75 |
28 |
|
-42 |
-12 |
-35 |
-62 |
5 |
11 |
-50 |
-10 |
-60 |
-51 |
-38 |
-12 |
-7 |
-25 |
-50 |
-68 |
13 |
25 |
-40 |
84 |
3 |
5 |
39 |
-3 |
|
-48 |
-78 |
-105 |
-72 |
-11 |
-42 |
-115 |
-12 |
-70 |
-58 |
-50 |
-20 |
-50 |
-49 |
-55 |
-125 |
-35 |
-18 |
-82 |
-40 |
-38 |
-1 |
30 |
-9 |
Avg. Degranulation % |
-1,073 |
-0,048 |
-1,65 |
0,975 |
6,78 |
6,048 |
0,29 |
5,60 |
-0,63 |
-1,60 |
-0,92 |
3,36 |
5,51 |
3,51 |
0,24 |
-2 |
4,732 |
9,56 |
1,17 |
16,82 |
11,90 |
8,09 |
19,21 |
14,34 |
Data from Fig. 3c of Hirst et al.
Log10 Dilution factor |
12 |
14 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
22 |
24 |
26 |
30 |
32 |
34 |
36 |
38 |
40 |
42 |
44 |
46 |
48 |
50 |
52 |
54 |
56 |
58 |
60 |
|
90 |
33 |
18 |
65 |
-11 |
22 |
62 |
46 |
15 |
4 |
16 |
60 |
1 |
-15 |
16 |
13 |
-9 |
3 |
-5 |
25 |
25 |
12 |
-12 |
30 |
|
-35 |
-31 |
-2 |
10 |
-20 |
4 |
5 |
-4 |
-20 |
1 |
1 |
-18 |
-8 |
-25 |
2 |
-25 |
-23 |
-40 |
-9 |
8 |
8 |
-5 |
-28 |
0 |
|
-45 |
-47 |
-28 |
6 |
-32 |
-39 |
-20 |
-31 |
-75 |
-50 |
-11 |
-22 |
-14 |
-49 |
-12 |
-29 |
-26 |
-59 |
-22 |
-5 |
-4 |
-45 |
-49 |
-24 |
Avg. Degranulation % |
0,813 |
-3,7 |
-0,98 |
6,59 |
-5,1 |
-1,06 |
3,82 |
0,894 |
-6,5 |
-3,7 |
0,49 |
1,6 |
-1,71 |
-7 |
0,5 |
-3,3 |
-4,7 |
-8 |
-2,9 |
2,28 |
2,4 |
-3,09 |
-7,2 |
0,5 |