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Only 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.
by vadfa 5y ago
Only 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?