Homeopaths have another opportunity to get rich quick: all they have to do is show that it works, and Randi will give them a million dollars.
This is what Randi demands:
Randi issued a one-million-dollar challenge to the manufacturers of homeopathic products to prove their claims, and challenged major drug retailers like CVS, Rite-Aid, and Walgreens to stop tricking consumers into paying real money for fake medicine.
I noticed that my local grocery store is selling generic chain-labeled homeopathic "remedies" for colds and flu and other common ailments. Somebody is making a lot of money selling sugar pills.
There's more in the LA Times.
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