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To be sure, yeah, but if you've tried a bunch of things with no success, and then one thing works despite your having no real optimism for it, that's pretty sug
by retsibsi 6y ago
To be sure, yeah, but if you've tried a bunch of things with no success, and then one thing works despite your having no real optimism for it, that's pretty suggestive of a non-placebo effect.
- EricE 6y agoAnd even if it is a placebo - if you improve, who cares?!? I never get that for people who seem eager to dismiss a placebo effect as not having value because it isn’t “real” - whatever that means.
- thibauts 6y agoYou improving has no predictive power about somebody else improving. That’s the problem. Limited usefulness VS an effective drug.