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Isn't that the exact definition of the placebo effect?

• ekianjo 2y ago
  you dont get antibodies against viruses just by thinking you have them.
  • tux3 2y ago
    Even if this is obviously true, that does nothing to support the original statement. That's a whole different claim that you had to fall back to. Which is a motte-and-bailey type of argument.
    • ekianjo 2y ago
      if the placebo effect only works for a minority of ailments then its probably something else like you know, regression to the mean
  • alexey-salmin 2y ago
    And yet such thinking can in some cases increase your chances of surviving the viral infection. That's the placebo effect.
    • ekianjo 2y ago
      where did you see something like that?
• XajniN 2y ago
  A placebo has no physical or physiological effect at all, it can only affect what the test subjects think or pretend they feel.