How did they prove the idea that statistics is an effective research method
The intimidating complexity of the brain doesn’t turn it into a strange, otherworldly realm where the same boring laws of physics somehow cease to apply.
Where’s the research on producing better and permanent placebo?
Your idea of what a placebo does is very confused. A placebo is not a backdoor fix to reboot the brain with a secret magic word. A placebo is anything that is physically ineffectual but resembles actual therapy, and the only reason why it’s still a necessary evil in research is because it gives a standard of comparison to ascertain how much of the effect of an actual treatment was due to mere suggestion. It is (outside of rare scenarios where a doctor is in an extremely precarious situation with no viable therapy at hand) the epitome of unethical to prescribe a placebo.
Depression is a real thing, it’s just not a hardware problem.
Unless you’re a dualist, every mental disorder is a hardware problem. There’s simply no other place where things can happen.
If you think medicine is a better fit for the human brain than a computing metaphor
Don’t put words in my mouth. I’ve never spoken against the computing metaphor.
You can observe their results on Youtube.
I can also observe faith healing and exorcisms on YouTube. Show me large-scale, randomized, controlled trials published in peer-reviewed journals.
You will not find one person [...] to hang on to anything diagnosed as depression after ten orgasms in half an hour.
Now you’re making a testable claim. You’re saying lots of orgasms cure depression. What’s the scientific evidence?
I gave directions to Hogwarts. I gave the simplest, easiest and most fun testable claim I could think of. It is part of the claim that the process of testing it is guaranteed to improve your life. No study will change any of that. Go observe reality.
The intimidating complexity of the brain doesn’t turn it into a strange, otherworldly realm where the same boring laws of physics somehow cease to apply.
Your idea of what a placebo does is very confused. A placebo is not a backdoor fix to reboot the brain with a secret magic word. A placebo is anything that is physically ineffectual but resembles actual therapy, and the only reason why it’s still a necessary evil in research is because it gives a standard of comparison to ascertain how much of the effect of an actual treatment was due to mere suggestion. It is (outside of rare scenarios where a doctor is in an extremely precarious situation with no viable therapy at hand) the epitome of unethical to prescribe a placebo.
Unless you’re a dualist, every mental disorder is a hardware problem. There’s simply no other place where things can happen.
Don’t put words in my mouth. I’ve never spoken against the computing metaphor.
I can also observe faith healing and exorcisms on YouTube. Show me large-scale, randomized, controlled trials published in peer-reviewed journals.
Now you’re making a testable claim. You’re saying lots of orgasms cure depression. What’s the scientific evidence?
I gave directions to Hogwarts. I gave the simplest, easiest and most fun testable claim I could think of. It is part of the claim that the process of testing it is guaranteed to improve your life. No study will change any of that. Go observe reality.