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Seriously. It's universally established and accepted that placebo is a legitimate medical effect. That's one of the major purposes of control groups and double
by kryogen1c 8y ago
Seriously.
It's universally established and accepted that placebo is a legitimate medical effect. That's one of the major purposes of control groups and double blind studies: many medicines don't make it to market because they have a positive effect LESS than placebo.
Clickbait more and more out of NYT. What a world.
- srtjstjsj 8y agoTeaching people something that you happen to already know is not "clickbait". https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
- kevinqiu1 8y agoI don't think the point of the article was to say that placebo is a legitimate effect but exploring the philosophy of science implications of the research on placebos the author was reporting on. I'm personally very interested in reading about this sort of stuff and similarly enjoyed their other recent article about Latour but I could also see how someone would think it's non-sense.
- matt4077 8y agoClickbait doesn't mean what you seem to believe it does ("any headline that isn't the least interesting summary of the article"). More importantly, "trick" may also not mean what you think it does. It's a rather interesting word, actually. Your interpretation seems to focus on the bad aspects, i. e. deception. But a trick can also be a clever shortcut. It might still involve some make-believe, but puts it in service of a good cause. That's somewhat closer to the intended meaning here. And it's a perfectly valid way to describe the undeniable peculiarity of placebos.