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This title is deceptive itself. From the abstract "This and similar tricks can be highly deceptive, but they can also be undertaken for entertainment, symbolic
by zasdffaa 4y ago
This title is deceptive itself. From the abstract
"This and similar tricks can be highly deceptive, but they can also be undertaken for entertainment, symbolic reasons, their placebo-like utility to sick patients, or some mixture of each"
*can be* not *is*
This title is copied from the paper, but I don't like it.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoI didn't get a pejorative vibe from the title and the abstract > The recurrent invention of the trick across independent societies, as well as its cultural inheritance and diffusion between groups, indicates that it likely appeals to certain universal facets of human psychology, where experiences of sickness and pain commonly induce one to seek interventive cures from specialists, who in turn may use deceptive displays to give the appearance of greater skill and powers. But now you've mentioned it, I can see how it would read that way. I think they're just being straightforward though. I think some would group some modern surgeries in this area too, thinking particularly of back surgery that may be a very complicated and dangerous placebo in some cases. https://www.smh.com.au/national/back-pain-try-some-placebo-surgery-20160224-gn1xna.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/back-pain-try-some-placebo-s...