When it comes to contraceptives, the placebo effect is quite limited.
Probably even negatively correlated. If you think you’re protected, you’re going to engage in sex more often without real protection than you would if you knew you were just 15 minutes away from being a parent.
If it did work, you might call it “immaculate contraception”!
I don’t recall having ever read any claim that the placebo effect extends to contraceptives.
because it’s quite limited… it’s a joke btw.
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When it comes to contraceptives, the placebo effect is quite limited.
Probably even negatively correlated. If you think you’re protected, you’re going to engage in sex more often without real protection than you would if you knew you were just 15 minutes away from being a parent.
If it did work, you might call it “immaculate contraception”!
I don’t recall having ever read any claim that the placebo effect extends to contraceptives.
because it’s quite limited… it’s a joke btw.