Hm, this reminded me of the "A placebo can work even when you know it’s a placebo" case: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/placebo-can-work-even-know-plac

Hm, this reminded me of the "A placebo can work even when you know it’s a placebo" case: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/placebo-can-work-even-know-placebo-201607079926 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/placebo-can-work-even-kn... We take a pill that we know will do nothing, and our body reacts anyway We take a picture that we know will do nothing, and our body reacts anyway What I see here is that our ""logic"" gives no feedback to the ""subconscious"" mechanisms that get formed, such as : "I take a pill, I get better", "I take a picture, I will see this again"