> Hypnosis is the placebo effect. I would point you to the old book persuasion and healing by Jermone Frank. Thanks! Well, in that vein I'd argue it's a subse

> Hypnosis is the placebo effect. I would point you to the old book persuasion and healing by Jermone Frank. Thanks! Well, in that vein I'd argue it's a subset of the placebo effect right? I think there are also placebo effects that have nothing to do with hypnosis. But I do think understanding how hypnosis is placebo and how it is a subset of all placebo effects could be an interesting topic to know more about. > One viewpoint is that the ‘hypnotized’ person is ‘pretending to be hypnotized’, that it really is some combination of role-playing, daydreaming, etc. This is one of the two perspectives that the SciShow video I linked also state. The other perspective is that it is a state in consciousness. The neurological paper that I linked in the comments suggests it's a state in consciousness. There were people in the YouTube comments who've experienced being hypnotized where some people were arguing for both. They claimed to have experienced that sometimes it felt like roleplaying and sometimes it felt like a change in state of consciousness. And it makes sense, I do believe there's a link between normal roleplaying and state of consciousness change. So from a conservative perspective, what I'm interested in is to understand what the link is between: roleplaying, consciousness and the placebo effect. I have the suspicion that it can be both. In other words, it depends on whether it's an altered state of consciousness or whether someone is roleplaying. So I suspect that the following perspectives are true (depending on the initial conditions, etc.): 1. People are roleplaying, that's it, no state in consciousness happens 2. People are roleplaying, state of consciousness changes through emotional experience of roleplaying 3. People experience a direct shift in consciousness due to the suggestions the hypnotist give and because the participant in question is highly hypnotizable 4. People are not experiencing anything My opinion isn't super strong on it though, the evidence is still way too small. I need more evidence.