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Isn't most research also double-blind? Meaning that the "treatments when administered by a researcher who really wants the placebo effect" are also probably bad
by V__ 2y ago
Isn't most research also double-blind? Meaning that the "treatments when administered by a researcher who really wants the placebo effect" are also probably badly designed which might be the reason for this effect?
- NemoNobody 2y agoThe patient needs to have no doubts that have received medicine and the placebo effect will work 30-50% according to the previous comment, which is really close to what I thought. If the patient doubts the effect won't take at all. So that matters but not all for the reasons OP thinks. It matters bc you can heal yourself, ppl literally do it everyday and it is measured by science as the placebo effect but if you don't think you can, you can't.
- Jabbles 2y agoIt has been widely reported that placebos can work even if you know it's a placebo: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/placebo-can-work-even-know-placebo-201607079926 https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/placebo-can-work-even-kn...