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The "information level" being the placebo effect. You feel it working because you think it's working.
by swerner 9y ago
The "information level" being the placebo effect. You feel it working because you think it's working.
- benevol 9y agoI don't know, could be. The strange thing however is that there have been cases where animals have shown clear reactions to such a treatment (which wouldn't make sense, given the fact that the "substance" was mixed into their food). Future will tell, I suppose.
- red75prime 9y agoA year ago today was a future.
- gattilorenz 9y agoPlacebo effect has been observed in animals too.
- bharath28 9y agoThis is one where I am fairly confident the future will not tell anything new. On a related note, watch James Randi swallow an entire bottle of Homeopathic sleeping pills in this talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi https://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi