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Some of them may have thought the researchers were lying about it being a sugar pill and was actually active
by cwkoss 5y ago
Some of them may have thought the researchers were lying about it being a sugar pill and was actually active
- somedude895 5y agoYeah, I'm not sure that would work outside the environment of a study.
- fighterpilot 5y agoThought: They should give some cash and instruct the participants to buy a specific OTC brand that is known to be placebo themselves so they have confidence that it is a placebo.
- DonHopkins 5y agoJames Randi tried to overdose with a fatal dose of Homeopathic Sleeping Pills, but couldn't. Homeopathy, quackery and fraud | James Randi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Z7KeNCi7g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Z7KeNCi7g >http://www.ted.com http://www.ted.com Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world's psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I'll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)
- mewse 5y agoMinor correction: There were actually more than a thousand people who took James Randi’s “One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge” between 1964 and 2015, many of them live on stage or broadcast on live television. No one ever successfully completed the scientific testing and won the prize, though. The Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge was terminated in early 2015 when James Randi retired, so it is no longer available for new applicants today.