> If you're asserting it's a placebo effect, shouldn't that mean you have significant proof no other effect is involved? Thats not how scientific research into

> If you're asserting it's a placebo effect, shouldn't that mean you have significant proof no other effect is involved? Thats not how scientific research into drugs works. The null hypothesis that you hold by default is that the substance being studied has no effect. The purpose of research is to demonstrate that an effect exists and until that has been shown the null hypothesis is held to be true. https://info.umkc.edu/drbanderson/null-hypothesis-testing/ https://info.umkc.edu/drbanderson/null-hypothesis-testing/