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The podcast Skeptics with a K did an interesting series on the Placebo Effect. It basically boils down to that it's a catch-all term for different types of bias
by jbarberu 8y ago
The podcast Skeptics with a K did an interesting series on the Placebo Effect. It basically boils down to that it's a catch-all term for different types of bias. It's strange that something with such flimsy evidence lives on so strong, even in the Skeptical community.
- aeternus 8y agoI'm not sure about that. Regression to the mean and confirmation bias explain some of the placebo effect, but how do you explain pharmacological conditioning? There have also been numerous studies that control for biases like regression to the mean by adding an additional control group that get neither the drug nor the 'sugar pill'.. and show that the placebo effect is still strongly present.