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Placebos have been scientifically proven to be effective in many circumstances, including when the patient knows they took a placebo. But if my workplace start
by daenz 7y ago
Placebos have been scientifically proven to be effective in many circumstances, including when the patient knows they took a placebo.
But if my workplace started handing out magical "productivity-increasing" placebo pills and some people defended the practice by saying to stop being so negative and be more open-minded, I would leave. Part of our jobs in tech is to minimize the bullshit to its absolute smallest possible surface area, not embrace it and pretend, with the power of imagination, that it's a good thing.
- gbear605 7y agoWhat if all the employees who took the placebo pills were more productive? It’s still a sugar pills, but you can’t argue with the results.
- daenz 7y agoAnd what if I told those employees that the water in the building has been shown to invert the effect of the placebo pills and make them less productive? Now their productivity goes down. See how this can go wrong? Buying into the bullshit and tying your abilities to something as flimsy as a placebo pill is not a great idea.
- xena 7y agoIf anything, belief is a powerful tool.
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