>if it's just a placebo, that sounds like a great placebo to be giving! Even for antidepressants, the placebo effect makes up 67.6% of the effectiveness [1], s

>if it's just a placebo, that sounds like a great placebo to be giving! Even for antidepressants, the placebo effect makes up 67.6% of the effectiveness [1], so the placebo is always much more effective than antidepressants. >Also see https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/31/powerless-placebos/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/01/31/powerless-placebos/ Hmmm, that seems to be a review from 2004. Newer data [2] shows that placebos can affect autonomic, neuroendocrine and immune responses and pain responses. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130402/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130402/ [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051/