With things like this, we trust papers over ourselves because of confirmation bias and the placebo effect. The sugar rush in particular is very culturally promi

With things like this, we trust papers over ourselves because of confirmation bias and the placebo effect. The sugar rush in particular is very culturally prominent, so the seeds of that bias are well-planted in all of us. Arguing against that principle is arguing for pseudo-science: “Acupuncture works, I tried it!,” “Crystal-healing works, I tried it! Don’t trust a paper over your own body!”