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>> If you look at medicine, one of the slightly strange things about it is that they subtract the placebo effect. Now, given that the placebo effect can contrib
by mwkaufma 2y ago
>> If you look at medicine, one of the slightly strange things about it is that they subtract the placebo effect. Now, given that the placebo effect can contribute to a cure, or to the efficacy of a treatment, you’d think people would be trying to actually maximize the placebo effect.
Is this a joke?
- HWR_14 2y agoIt's only a joke because doctors will prescribe placebos. He's unable to distinguish between testing medicine and treating diseases.