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Faith healing has heavy religious tones. Yet not everyone who responds positively to a placebo is religious. So, it feels sort of weird to call the placebo effe
by ziddoap 2y ago
Faith healing has heavy religious tones. Yet not everyone who responds positively to a placebo is religious. So, it feels sort of weird to call the placebo effect some form of faith healing.
- paulsef 2y ago[dead]
- protonfish 2y agoI guess it depends on how you define religion. I think that we can have faith in anything - science, your doctor, etc. that could work in a similar fashion to religious faith.
- burnished 2y agoThis is specious. Religion is clearly centered around the spiritual and physical beliefs about the world and the practices of a specific group. Trusting your doctor is usually more along the lines of an educated guess due to the necessity to act without perfect information.
- vitiral 2y agoThat was the point of the question. Wouldn't you say "placebo" has heavy intellectualizing overtones?