> I had horrible pollen allergies. My mother took me to a homeopath (in addition to regular doctors) She prescribed some tablets / pills to dissolve under the t

> I had horrible pollen allergies. My mother took me to a homeopath (in addition to regular doctors) She prescribed some tablets / pills to dissolve under the tunge, that had some pollen in them. You don't know that it worked. This is an example of the regression fallacy.[1] This is why we have controlled trials. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_fallacy