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"Up to" being the legal loophole. It means it can actually be less effective than a placebo.
by rorrr2 13y ago
"Up to" being the legal loophole. It means it can actually be less effective than a placebo.
- cjrp 13y agoAlso, what's 4 x zero
- gverri 13y agoPlacebo is not Zero. "Sometimes patients given a placebo treatment will have a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition, a phenomenon commonly called the placebo effect."
- thetrb 13y agoIn many cases that might be true. But in the case of hair growth? Do you think a Placebo really has an effect on the growth of hair?
- diminoten 13y agoYou'd be surprised. [1] https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/gallery/-pdf/1-43.pdf https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/gallery/-pdf/1-43.pdf
- Someone 13y agoIf you set up your experiment the 'right' way, there is a good chance it has. Here is one way that I think has a good chance of working: have your subjects pay a fairly steep amount for the trial, the evaluate it by having them fill in a questionnaire. The "pay to take part" selects for gullibility, and also makes the subjects feel stupid if they don't report improvement. The "self-reporting", of course, helps get rid of such things as objective measurements that would spoil the party. Finally, pick a small test group. That's cheaper, and will give positive results if only a few subjects report actual improvement. And if your first test fails, run a second, this, etc. identical test.
- LanceH 13y agoA double blind study observing the placebo effect showed no statistical difference between those receiving the placebo and the control group receiving a sugar pill.