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I don't think you understand what placebo is because placebo is all it takes for someone to believe in (tied to optimism and hope that you're trying to gate kee
by loceng 7y ago
I don't think you understand what placebo is because placebo is all it takes for someone to believe in (tied to optimism and hope that you're trying to gate keep as irrelevant) for some people to feel benefit - regardless if there's another mechanism causing that or not.
Otherwise apples to oranges comparison - we're not talking about anything else.
- 08-15 7y agoYou don't know if patients treated with a placebo feel a benefit, you only know that they report feeling a benefit. What's the task of the physician? Is it to relieve the patient's pain or is it to get the patient to shut up about his pain? Do you think there is a difference?