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> sells a bottle of sugar pills with a custom label printed on it. Let people enter whatever symptom they have that’s bothering them and get a placebo bottle of
by carapace 4y ago
> sells a bottle of sugar pills with a custom label printed on it. Let people enter whatever symptom they have that’s bothering them and get a placebo bottle of sugar pills for it.
Bandler and Grinder wanted to try that back in the 70's or 80's, but the FDA wouldn't go for it.
They were going to include a booklet that listed how effective placebos were for various ailments, all based on scientific studies. If the placebo was only ~%50 effective you just take twice as many...
- altairprime 4y agoUsing a kiosk to let customers enter whatever name they want to print on the placebo bottle solves this, because the FDA has no business declaring that my name can’t be Headache, and they aren’t claiming any treatment will occur when they sell it or invite me to enter my name. The point here is that no one is trying to replace homeopathy along these lines, and that’s why homeopathy thrives.