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Choose your own well-researched 'tokenadult rejection of placebo efficacy here: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byPopularity&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=all&type

• GFischer 11y ago
  Haha, great link. He really does have an axe to grind.
• oliwary 11y ago
  Interesting. I wonder if this is affected by the recent discovery of the tube connecting the immune system to the brain though?
  • igravious 11y ago
    You jest? If not, explain or source? Thx
    • oaktowner 11y ago
      Not advocating for its veracity, but [1]. [1] http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150601122445.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150601122445.ht...
    • rlb13 11y ago
      I didn't bother to look up the primary literature, but check Scientific American, March 2015, article by Kevin Tracey, pp. 30-35. As always, don't blame the named author for all the fluff added for the general reader.
  • igravious 11y ago
    You jest? If not, explain or source? Thx
• gus_massa 11y ago
  I agree. I will just to copy one sentence of the first comment of tokenadult: > [...] In actual practice, placebos only look effective when the statistical tests in a study are poor, and most especially when the symptoms are self-reported by patients. Placebos are NOT effective in treating actual disease states or improving "hard endpoints" such as reduction of all-cause mortality or major morbidity from specific diseases with verifiable physiological signs. [links with support information]