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Never underestimate the placebo effect

• HKH2 4y ago
  The placebo effect works because the user thinks it's genuine, no?
  • HourglassFR 4y ago
    This can only be a patial explanation of the effect since it is known to occur even when the patient is informed that the substance is inactive. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#Mechanisms https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#Mechanisms Maybe there is something akin to belief in the belief, i.e. "I'm not religious but will pray for god or whomever in dire situations". The mind is a weird thing and truth is, we don't have a good understanting of what's going on with the placebo effect.
  • xsmasher 4y ago
    More like pavlovian conditioning; the body gets the pre-caffeine signal (the taste of coffee) and gets to work.