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Homeopathic treatments help lots of people. The trick would be to demonstrate that they help people more than a placebo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#

• whatshisface 9y ago
  The placebo effect is to a large extent due to regression to the mean, i.e. a statistical glitch that has nothing to do with health outcomes. [1]http://www.dcscience.net/2015/12/11/placebo-effects-are-weak-regression-to-the-mean-is-the-main-reason-ineffective-treatments-appear-to-work/ http://www.dcscience.net/2015/12/11/placebo-effects-are-weak... [2]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6369471 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6369471
  • DonHopkins 9y ago
    <spock>Tricorder readings report fascinating regressions.</spock> "Statistical regression to the mean predicts that patients selected for abnormalcy will, on the average, tend to improve. We argue that most improvements attributed to the placebo effect are actually instances of statistical regression." <bones>I'm a doctor, not a faith healer!</bones> "Thus, we urge caution in interpreting patient improvements as causal effects of our actions and should avoid the conceit of assuming that our personal presence has strong healing powers." <kirk>You're a healer, there's a patient. That's an order.</kirk> <scott>Now, you're an engineer!</scott>
  • vorotato 9y ago
    If you don't think patient perception has anything to do with patient wellness then honestly I just hope you're not in medicine.
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