If anyone has found that the placebo effect isn’t real, making scientific history by publishing your discovery might be of higher utilty than downvoting my outdated information.
True. But am I just being biased when I interpret that as support for my claim? “Sham acupuncture” and even placebo pills given to people who are told they’re taking placebos both show significant positive effects. I’d be very surprised if placebo pills given to people who are told they’re taking real “homeopathic” medicine didn’t show real effects too.
But am I just being biased when I interpret that as support for my claim?
What is your claim, precisely?
Sure, giving homeopathic pills to people is likely to make them feel better via placebo. But by the same reasoning, this will also work for voodoo rituals, holy water, and mind rays from outer space.
If anyone has found that the placebo effect isn’t real, making scientific history by publishing your discovery might be of higher utilty than downvoting my outdated information.
The placebo effect is complicated. See e.g. this.
True. But am I just being biased when I interpret that as support for my claim? “Sham acupuncture” and even placebo pills given to people who are told they’re taking placebos both show significant positive effects. I’d be very surprised if placebo pills given to people who are told they’re taking real “homeopathic” medicine didn’t show real effects too.
What is your claim, precisely?
Sure, giving homeopathic pills to people is likely to make them feel better via placebo. But by the same reasoning, this will also work for voodoo rituals, holy water, and mind rays from outer space.