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Isn't the placebo effect mitigated by negative belief? In many experiments I conducted on myself I was extremely skeptical to the point of "I can bet this is a
by qwerty456127 3y ago
Isn't the placebo effect mitigated by negative belief? In many experiments I conducted on myself I was extremely skeptical to the point of "I can bet this is a bullshit 'snake oil' but let's give it a try to prove just that before I can safely forget about trying this ever again" before getting surprisingly positive results for me. Similar attitude was also present in many friends I gave anything to.
- adrianN 3y agoProbably no, but the research on that topic is not very good.
- armada651 3y agoThat doesn't work unfortunately, because even though you're skeptical you're still hoping that it might work, which is enough for the placebo effect to kick in.
- qwerty456127 3y agoNevertheless this probably is much less relevant than a full-blown drug research case where you expect to be given a product of credible bleeding-edge science worth many millions of dollars in research, already tested thoroughly and proven effective on all kinds of animals.