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If a placebo effect makes you smarter, did the medicine work?

• ceejayoz 9y ago
  No? Obviously? To crib a bit from The Simpsons: I am currently not being attacked by tigers, but that doesn't mean my anti-tiger rock works, and it would be potentially dangerous to believe it does.
  • crystaln 9y ago
    Bad analogy. There is a real effect from taking the drug, even if not related to it's pharmacology. There is no effect of the tiger rock on the tigers.