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> It sounds to me like the 40% who the placebo helps for have a different, mainly mental, problem than the 60% for whom it doesn't. It's likelier that the 60%
by IncRnd 8y ago
> It sounds to me like the 40% who the placebo helps for have a different, mainly mental, problem than the 60% for whom it doesn't.
It's likelier that the 60% not helped are those who have a different, mainly mental, problem that the 40% for whom it does work.
If the cure comes from strength of mind, then it probably isn't correct to say that those with weaker minds and wills are healthier mentally.
- BurningFrog 8y agoAre you saying no fractured bone pain is physically based? That seems overly radical. Then again, I suppose all pain is in the mind at some level.
- IncRnd 8y agoNo, I'm not saying that. My comment doesn't even come close to implying that.