The Powerful Placebo! Mind over matter...right? WRONG. There's no magical placebo effect despite what quack Homeopaths or credulous reporters tell you

The common understanding of the "Placebo effect" is that a fake pill or treatment can heal you if you believe it's a real medicine. WRONG.
Placebo can only affect if someone feels there's been an improvement while in all objective measures there is no effect.

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Really · 80-89, M

This thread would actually be interesting if real events or instances could be referenced, rather than the imaginings people are using to bolster opinions for which they have no evidence.

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@Really

I'm not sure that would really be all that useful. People sharing personal anecdotes about how placebo did x for them or theirs wouldn't really change the nature of the situation.

Although i do like when people bring up a study that shows a sham intervention worked as well as the real intervention and conclude from that, that the placebo effect is real and powerful! lol