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“It works for me” does not imply “it can’t possibly be a placebo”. Both could be true. I’m not saying the blue light thing is or isn’t real, but I see this kin
by NickM 3y ago
“It works for me” does not imply “it can’t possibly be a placebo”. Both could be true.
I’m not saying the blue light thing is or isn’t real, but I see this kind of argument made all the time, and I can’t tell if people just don’t understand what the placebo effect is or if everyone just thinks they’re special and the placebo effect doesn’t apply to them or what.
- giancarlostoro 3y agoSure but how do you account for two of them not working vs other ones working? It's likely doing some effect, but it seems to be just nuanced enough. I feel like after I got the filter on my glasses that when I lay in bed, I'm not laying there feeling unable to sleep like I would many nights before. Is it placebo? Maybe, but I totally forgot I got the filter on my glasses and realized sometime later.
- NickM 3y agoSimple. When the original poster tries a new pair, they assume it may not work. If they happen to feel pain they mentally mark the glasses as “one of the bad ones”. From then on the placebo effect won't apply to that pair because they don’t believe it will help. Humans are great at finding patterns in randomness like this; this is exactly why superstitions are so prevalent.
- ugexe 3y agoIt is possible that some pairs of said glasses were flawed -- and as such detrimental -- while other benign pairs were not.