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I'm a big believer in medical use of psychedelics, but if the effect is strictly due to placebo, then there are cheaper and safer placebos we can give.
by shawnz 5y ago
I'm a big believer in medical use of psychedelics, but if the effect is strictly due to placebo, then there are cheaper and safer placebos we can give.
- vadfa 5y agoOnly that placebos won't work if you know they are placebos. Which means if doctors get a reputation for giving out placebos, they will stop working.
- teataster 5y agoI ate two bananas before my motorcycle test for their placebo effects to calm nerves. Cool as a cucumber I passed without a jitter on the throttle. It's anect-data-l. I know.
- luckydata 5y agono you're wrong. The placebo effect works even if you are aware of meds being fake. Look it up.
- shawnz 5y agoPlacebos actually do work even if the patient knows they are placebos (source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015591 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...), but regardless, how do you keep the patients from finding out that the psychedelics are just placebos? Why not just use some other realistic-sounding placebo like a rare herb or something?