A fair point, but then you might as well just administer a simpler placebo without the woo :). In the case of homeopathy that would be asking people to just dr

A fair point, but then you might as well just administer a simpler placebo without the woo :). In the case of homeopathy that would be asking people to just drink a little water. Anyway... IIRC the current consensus is that the "more extreme" the intervention appears the more beneficial the placebo effect is, so...