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It always fascinates me how powerful the placebo effect is. If people believe false health claims they seem to become true health claims.
by kalium_xyz 7y ago
It always fascinates me how powerful the placebo effect is. If people believe false health claims they seem to become true health claims.
- tayo42 7y agoSomething I read recently is that anti depressants are less effective since their initial release, mostly because of placebo wearing off.
- alasdair_ 7y agoIt’s also plausible that we are diagnosing more and more people with weaker and weaker symptoms with the same disease, so in aggregate, the effect will seem weaker.