I would be interested to hear why they're "biased against using placebos because [they] consider it unethical" You quoted part of point 2 from the submitted ar

I would be interested to hear why they're "biased against using placebos because [they] consider it unethical" You quoted part of point 2 from the submitted article, and asked for more details. Point 30, "30. If CAM makes people feel better, why deny them that? Even if it’s just a placebo, isn’t that a good thing? "That merits its own post, which will appear as Part 2 next week." suggests that we will hear more about the answer to your question. The preliminary answer I would give is that most claims of "placebo" medicine greatly overstate the benefits of placebos. I have written about this previously here on HN,[1] with plenty of links to research articles. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4491460 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4491460